Field Activity 1987-038-FA

Identifier 1987-038-FA
Alternate names CAMP 2-2; Leg 2
Purpose 1) Recover USGS moorings at stations R-8 and R-9. Navigate R-9 using Mini-ranger. 2) Recover USGS bottom tripod (GEOPROBE) at station R-8. 3) Obtain box core samples at R-8, PJ-1 and R-9. 4) Acquire CTD data along one or more cross-shelf transects if time permits.
Location Ventura, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;
Summary Box cores: 3; CTD: 6; Mooring recovered: 1 (#324 deployed FA 87017 SPROUL May 5-9, 1987).
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;
Comments Original Center People field contained: David Drake, George Tate, William Strahle, Jim Dave Nicholson, Chris Webb, Bob Chapman. Project = California Monitoring Program (CAMP), California Monitoring Program (CAMP)
Platform
Aloha
143 feet
Itinerary
Start Ventura, CA 1987-09-14
End Ventura, CA 1987-09-17
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -121.1
East -120.75
North 34.95
South 34.9

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William J. Strahle
Crew members
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal David Drake - USGS, Menlo Park
Affiliate staff David Drake, George Tate, Jim Dave Nicholson, Chris Webb, Bob Chapman; Jim Campbell - Battelle-Ventura

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling, Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type: CTD, Chemistry, Geology, Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report including personnel, cruise description, cruise summary, and core locations.

Moorings

RCV: 324; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SBE 9 CTD CTD (no data reported)
GEOPROBE Mooring (physical oceanography) 1
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)
Motorola Mini-Ranger III Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1987-038-FA-OM-001 GEOPROBE mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity