Field Activity P204SC

Identifier P204SC
Alternate names P-2-04-SC
Purpose Collect seep samples and video from the seafloor
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Tom Lorenson. Data (submersible, Remotely Operated Vehicle, Media: VHS/digital video, GPS, navigation,) of field activity P-2-04-SC in Santa Barbara area from 10/12/2004 to 10/15/2004
Location Santa Barbara area
Summary Located selected tar, oil and gas seeps. Collected 29 samples of tar, oil and gas from the seafloor. Collected video of all ROV dives.
Info derived Biomarker composition of hydrocarbon samples. Hydrocarbon gas and carbon isotopic composition. Statistical analyses of tar and oil residues in relation to tar accumulations onshore.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Tom Lorenson (USGS) - Chief Scientist Bill Ussler (chief Scientist, MBARI) - Co Fran Hostettler - USGS Renee Takesue - USGS Elena Nilsen - USGS Jennifer Dougherty - USGS John Day - Santa Barbara County Jeff Kowalishen (DIVECON) - ROV Pilot Harvey Klee (DIVECON) - ROV Pilot Raymond Schneck (DIVECON) - First Mate Mike Beard (DIVECON) - Captain Mike Stephens (DIVECON) - Chief Engineer Toby Smith (DIVECON) - Oiler Dan Flores (DIVECON) - Deckhand James Smith (DIVECON) - Deckhand Joel Hawkins (DIVECON) - Cook Gilbert Suarez (Fugro West) - Surveyor Cindy Dwyer (Fugro West) - Surveyor Joe Ruge (DIVECON) - Tender
Projects
Platform
American Patriot
Itinerary
Start Port Hueneme, CA 2004-10-12
End Port Hueneme, CA 2004-10-15
Bounds
West -120.5409
East -119.82299
North 34.48157
South 34.35194

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Thomas D Lorenson
Crew members
Renee K Takesue
Scientist, Staff
Dougherty, Jennifer
Scientist, Staff
Day, John
Scientist, Staff
Hostettler, Fran
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Dougherty, Jennifer
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Bill Ussler (chief Scientist, MBARI) - Co,Elena Nilsen - USGS,Jeff Kowalishen (DIVECON) - ROV Pilot,Harvey Klee (DIVECON) - ROV Pilot,Raymond Schneck (DIVECON) - First Mate,Mike Beard (DIVECON) - Captain,Mike Stephens (DIVECON) - Chief Engineer,Toby Smith (DIVECON) - Oiler,Dan Flores (DIVECON) - Deckhand,James Smith (DIVECON) - Deckhand,Joel Hawkins (DIVECON) - Cook,Gilbert Suarez (Fugro West) - Surveyor,Cindy Dwyer (Fugro West) - Surveyor,Joe Ruge (DIVECON) - Tender

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Sampling, Location-Elevation
Data type: Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
submersible Photo, Video, Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Remotely Operated Vehicle Photo, Video, Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
GPS Navigation 2
navigation, Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Jennifer Dougherty
Global positioning system (GPS) data p-2-04-sc.060 GPS Provisional best file Jennifer Dougherty

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity