Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
Geoscience Data System
Field Activity 2016-629-FA
Identifier
2016-629-FA
Also known as
Monterey Bay Coordinated Canyon Experiment (MBCCE)
Purpose
Recover equipment from Monterey Canyon
Location
Monterey Canyon, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary
Sample locations submitted to FAD 8/30/2016 Recovered a McLane Profiler, a mooring (with sediment trap), and a Benthic Instrument Node
Info derived
Physical Oceanography, grain size, displaced microfossils
Comments
Additional principal investigator: Charles K. Paull (MBARI) Additional organizations: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Ocean University of China, the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England, and the University of Hull, England
Projects
Sediment Transport in Coastal Environments
Platform
Western Flyer
117' twin hull MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
Itinerary
Start
Moss Landing, CA
2016-04-11
End
Moss Landing, CA
2016-04-14
Days in the field
4
Bounds
West
-122.04279542
East
-121.88708782
North
36.84544812
South
36.71417877
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Personnel
Organization
USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
(PCMSC)
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz,
CA
95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators
Mary L McGann
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Mary L McGann
Specialist, Information
Data types and categories
Data category:
Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:
Navigation, Geology
Equipment used
Equipment
Usage description
Data types
Datasets
Other
Unknown
, Profiles
, Transects
, Benchmarks
, LIDAR
, Navigation
(no data reported)
pushcore
Geology
(no data reported)
Publications
Samples collected during this field activity
