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

Field Activity V180NC

Identifier V180NC
Alternate names V-1-80-NC
Purpose To identify the present-day dispersal and accumulation of Russian River sediment on the adjacent margin.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Dave Klise, Jim Gardner. Geological and Geophysical data (pistoncore, gravitycore, Niskenbottle, 3dot5khz, instrumentmooring, LoranC, miniranger) of field activity V-1-80-NC in Off Russian River, Northern California from 09/18/1980 to 09/23/1980
Location Northern California
Summary physical data holdings
Info derived Bathymetry, grain size, radiographs, sediment analysis, clay mineralogy, pollen data, carbon data, carbonate data, geochemical data, diatom, radiolarian, nannofossils, foraminifera.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Andre Valots - Ship Captain Dave Klise (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Jim Barry (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician Joseph Williamson - Chief Engineer Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician Mark Yeats (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Neal Barnes (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Rex Sanders (USGS Western Region) - Navigator Bob Hall (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Roger Anderson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Susan Mathews - Navigator William Nunes - Chief Mate Non USGS data manager = Susan Mathews
Platform
Velero
Itinerary
Start Redwood City, CA 1980-09-18
End Redwood City, CA 1980-09-23
Bounds
West -124.0833
East -123.02917
North 38.51583
South 38.28283
Activity Geological and Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Gardner, JimKlise, Dave
Crew members
Rex Sanders
Scientist, Staff
Anderson, Roger
Scientist, Staff
Barnes, Neal
Scientist, Staff
O'Toole, Kevin
Scientist, Staff
Saladin, John
Scientist, Staff
Yeats, Mark
Scientist, Staff
Hall, Bob
Scientist, Staff
Barry, Jim
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Andre Valots - Ship Captain,Joseph Williamson - Chief Engineer,Susan Mathews - Navigator,William Nunes - Chief Mate

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Chemistry, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
miniranger Navigation 4
pistoncore Geology 2
gravitycore Geology 1
Niskenbottle Chemistry 1
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
instrumentmooring Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
LoranC Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format miniranger Jim Gardner
Integrated navigation (SINS) data v-1-80-nc.052 miniranger Provisional best file Jim Gardner
Lines miniranger Jim Gardner
Metadata miniranger Jim Gardner
foram slides pistoncore data in holdings Angela Tan
Station Information pistoncore Jim Gardner
Station Information gravitycore Jim Gardner
Station Information Niskenbottle Jim Gardner
Metadata 3.5khz Jim Gardner
Metadata instrumentmooring Jim Gardner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity