1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity S710SF

Identifier S710SF
Alternate names S-7-10-SF
Purpose Characterize sediment properties in San Francisco Bay
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Patrick Barnard. Sediment sampling data of field activity S-7-10-SF in San Francisco Bay, San Francisco, CA from 01/23/2010 to 01/26/2010
Location CA
Summary Sediment sampling to characterize sediment size distribution and composition
Info derived Surface sediment grain size and composition
Comments San Francisco Bay Provenance Study don woodrow collected hand grab shoreline samples in March and April of 2010 (see .pdf) Staff information imported from InfoBank Pete Dal Ferro Patrick Barnard Amy Foxgrover Dan Hoover Jackson Currie Don Woodrow
Projects
Platform
Parke Snavely
34'
Itinerary
Start Paradise Cay, San Francisco Bay 2010-01-23
End 2010-01-26
Bounds
West -122.466
East -121.85525
North 38.10062
South 37.8084
Activity Sediment sampling

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Patrick Barnard
Crew members
Jackson E Currie
Scientist, Staff
Daniel J Hoover
Scientist, Staff
Amy Foxgrover
Scientist, Staff
Patrick Barnard
Scientist, Staff
Peter Dal Ferro
Scientist, Staff
Don Woodrow
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Amy Foxgrover
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Handheld GPS Navigation 2
Hand-grab sample Biology, Chemistry, Geology 3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format Handheld GPS Amy Foxgrover
Global positioning system (GPS) data s-7-10-sf.060 Handheld GPS Provisional best file Amy Foxgrover
Station descriptions Hand-grab sample Amy Foxgrover
Station Information Hand-grab sample Amy Foxgrover

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Geochemistry of fine sediment from San Francisco Bay shoals (2012) and tributaries (2010, 2012, 2013) Hand-grab sample Elemental chemistry and weight percent of the less than 0.063 mm fine sediment fraction are reported for surface sediments from shoals, the ebb tide delta, local tributaries, and inland rivers that carry sediment to San Francisco Bay, California. Renee K Takesue

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity