Field Activity W104PS

Identifier W104PS
Alternate names W-1-04-PS
Purpose Collect vibracores, sediments, and water samples
Description United States Geological Survey. Chief Scientist: Eric Grossman. Geological data (vibratingcore, VanVeengrab, watersamples) of field activity W-1-04-PS in San Juan Islands, Skagit Bay, Padilla Bay, Port Susan, WA from 08/31/2004 to 09/11/2004
Location WA
Summary Collected 26 vibracores, 43 sediment grab samples, and 34 water samples from San Juan Islands, Padilla and Skagit Bays.
Info derived Sediment lithology, grainsize, organic content, radiometric ages, eelgrass biomarker concentration and isotopic composition; water chemistry (nutrients, trace metals).
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Eric Grossman (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Renee Takesue (Geochemist, USGS Western Region) - Information Specialist Rob Kayen (USGS Western Region) - Laser Scanner Surveyor Guy Gelfenbaum (USGS Western Region) - Sedimentologist Jodi Eshleman (USGS Western Region) - Technician Sandy Wyllie (University of Washington) - Echeverria Doug Bulthias (Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve) - Padilla Bay Scientist Greg Hood (Skagit River System Cooperative) - Ecologist
Projects
Platform
Whaler
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2004-08-31
End (port not specified) 2004-09-11
Bounds
West -123.157
East -122.35827
North 48.60481
South 48.21574
Activity Geological

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Eric Grossman
Crew members
Robert E Kayen
Scientist, Staff
Guy R Gelfenbaum
Scientist, Staff
Eshleman, Jodi
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Renee K Takesue
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Sandy Wyllie (University of Washington) - Echeverria,Doug Bulthias (Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve) - Padilla Bay Scientist,Greg Hood (Skagit River System Cooperative) - Ecologist

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Nitrate, pH, Temperature, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
vibratingcore Geology 1
VanVeengrab Geology 1
GPS Navigation 3
watersamples Conductivity, CTD, Dissolved Oxygen, Fluorescence, Nitrate, pH, Temperature, Turbidity, Wave 1
pushcore Geology 1

Datasets

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity