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

Field Activity B607PS

Identifier B607PS
Alternate names B-6-07-PS
Purpose Characterize substrate and sediment grain size distribution and nearshore currents that may contribute to sediment transport and turbidity
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientist: Eric Grossman. ADCP and Sediment Sampling and Video data (VanVeengrab, ADCP, GPS, video camera) of field activity B-6-07-PS in Westcott Bay, San Juan Island from 05/31/2007 to 06/05/2007
Location San Juan Island
Info derived seaflooor bathymetry and acoustic substrate; sediment grain size and sediment carbon content; current velocities, directions and backscatter amplitude
Comments 23-ft jet boat equipment used: 430 and 200 kHz dual frequency Biosonics, 600 kHz, sediment grab OFR 2007-1305 sampling metadata Staff information imported from InfoBank Eric Grossman (USGS, CMG) - Chief Scientist Andrew Stevens (USGS, CMG) - Information Specialist Chris Curran (USGS, WRD) - Scientist Collin Smith (USGS, BRD) - Captain Andrew Schwartz (WA Dept. of Ecology) - Scientist
Projects
Platform
Boat
Itinerary
Start Roche Harbor, Washington 2007-05-31
End Roche Harbor, Washington 2007-06-05
Bounds
West -123.176
East -123.1374
North 48.60699
South 48.58163
Activity ADCP and Sediment Sampling and Video

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Eric Grossman
Crew members
Curran, Chris
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Andrew Stevens
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Collin Smith (USGS, BRD) - Captain,Andrew Schwartz (WA Dept. of Ecology) - Scientist

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Current, Video, Navigation, Geology, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 1
video camera Video (no data reported)
VanVeengrab Geology 1
echosounder Single Beam 3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Global positioning system (GPS) data GPS Provisional best file Eric Grossman
vanveengrab VanVeengrab Metadata Eric Grossman
echosounder echosounder Metadata Eric Grossman
Grossman, Eric, Stevens, Andrew, Curran, Chris, Smith, Collin, and Schwartz, Andrew, 2007, Bathymetry, substrate and circulation in Westcott Bay, San Juan Islands, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1305, 42 p. echosounder Publication Eric Grossman
Raw depth (bathymetry) data echosounder Provisional best file Eric Grossman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity