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

Field Activity 2017-669-FA

Identifier 2017-669-FA
Purpose Collect MCS sparker and chirp data to image the Hayward-Rodgers Creek and other east bay fault systems
Location San Pablo Bay
Summary We successfully depoloyed/operated the sparker MCS system in shallow water by floating the streamer. Collected MCS sparker and chirp seismic data crossing faults in San Pablo Bay and eastward across the Green Valley Fault zone
Info derived Location, geometry, connectivity, and recency of activity for fault structures
Projects
Platform
Parke Snavely
34'
Vehicles
MarFac; Ford 650 Box truck - White G71-03559
Itinerary
Start San Rafael, CA 2017-11-13
End San Rafael, CA 2017-11-17
Days in the field 6
Bounds
West -122.5579834
East -122.08496094
North 38.21919182
South 37.9691514

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Janet Tilden WattJared W Kluesner
Crew members
Jennifer A White
Scientist, Staff
Rachel K Marcuson
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Janet Tilden Watt
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Multichannel, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Differential GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Multichannel, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Bubble Gun, Air Gun / Water Gun, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Sonobuoy (no data reported)
512 chirp Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Mini sparker Sig mini sparker Sparker (no data reported)
512 chirp-source EdgeTech 512i CHIRP Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity