Field Activity 1989-020-FA

Identifier 1989-020-FA
Alternate names F9-89-NC
Purpose Map continental shelf using AMS 120 sidescan sonar and Klein 100 kHz sidescan sonar.
Location Farallon Islands, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab - Co-chief Sci.; Robin Bouse, Bill Danforth, Jana DaSilva, Tom O'Brien.
Platform
Farnella
230 feet
Itinerary
Start Redwood City, CA 1989-08-02
End Drake's Bay, CA 1989-08-18
Days in the field 17
Bounds
West -123.40881938
East -122.15728473
North 38.02717982
South 37.48478742

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William C Schwab
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
William C Schwab
Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
DaSilva, Jana
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal John Chin, Herman Karl - PMG
Affiliate staff Robin Bouse; Herman Karl - Co-Chief Sci., PMG; John Chin - Co-Chief Sci., PMG; Mike Hamer, Kaye Kinoshita, Larry Kooker, Mike Torresan, Hal Williams - PMG; Bob Elder - DSL-WHOI; Tom Dettweiler - Meridian Sciences

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar, Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam, Sidescan, Gravity, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Sidescan log AMS120 watchstander's log with equipment configuration and adjustments, performance, start and end of lines, geologic observations. Covers cruises 1989-019-FA and 1989-020-FA.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
3.5 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
10 kHz Bathymetry Single Beam (no data reported)
AMS 120 sidescan Sidescan 1
Klein 531 sidescan Sidescan (no data reported)
Gravity meter (wh) Gravity (no data reported)
Northstar 7000 LORAN-C Navigation 1
Trimble 4000AX GPS receiver Navigation (no data reported)
Del Norte, transponder net Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Sidescan mosaic AMS 120 sidescan Linda P McCarthy
1989-020-FA-LN-001 Northstar 7000 LORAN-C Navigation data Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity