Field Activity M176WO

Identifier M176WO
Alternate names M-1-76-WO,MIL1-76-WO
Purpose To provide information on the thickness and distribution of Quaternary deposits to identify structures that deform them and to provide a basis for assessing geological environmental hazards.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Howard Gower, Parke Snavely. Geophysical data (uniboom, minisparker, radar, bottomtransponder) of field activity M-1-76-WO in Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands, Washington from 01/12/1976 to 01/20/1976
Location Washington
Summary High resolution profiling along 425 km of track in northern Puget Sound.
Info derived Seismic reflection profiles.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Bill Clique - Chief Mate Bob Ramstad (Aboard) - Watchstander Dick Tagg - Geologist Don Tiffin - Geologist Ed Magalhaes - Chief Engineer Howard Gower - Chief Scientist Jack Lee - Electronics Technician Jim Pearl - Dafe Curator Jim Yount - Geologist Parke Snavely - Chief Scientist Robert Stacey - Ship Captain
Projects
Platform
Don J. Miller II
Itinerary
Start Seattle, WA - Ballard and Penn Cove and Chuckanut Bay and Anacortes and Port Townsend and Keystone and Port Gamble and Quilcene Bay and Keyport 1976-01-12
End Penn Cove and Chuckanut Bay and Anacortes and Port Townsend and Keystone and Port Gamble and Quilcene Bay and Keyport and Seattle, WA - Ballard 1976-01-20
Bounds
West -123
East -122
North 48.5
South 47
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Gower, HowardSnavely, Parke
Crew members
Lee, Jack
Scientist, Staff
Clique, Bill
Scientist, Staff
Stacey, Robert
Scientist, Staff
Tagg, Dick
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Bob Ramstad (Aboard) - Watchstander,Don Tiffin - Geologist,Ed Magalhaes - Chief Engineer,Jim Pearl - Dafe Curator,Jim Yount - Geologist

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Sparker, Navigation, Transects

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
uniboom Boomer 1
minisparker Sparker 1
radar Navigation 1
bottomtransponder Transects (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Survey information uniboom Parke Snavely
Survey information minisparker Parke Snavely
Lines radar Parke Snavely

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity