Field Activity M105SC

Identifier M105SC
Alternate names M-1-05-SC,TUIM13MV_(Scripps)
Purpose Sample late Pleistocene strata exposed along the crest of an actively growing anticline within Santa Barbara Basin to recover high-resolution records of global climate.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Craig Nicholson, University of California, Santa Barbara. Chirp Seismic and Piston Coring data (GPS, pistoncore, gravitycore, Chirp) of field activity M-1-05-SC in Santa Barbara Basin, offshore Southern California from 08/19/2005 to 08/26/2005
Location offshore Southern California
Summary This primary purpose of the cruise was piston-coring a late Pleistocene sedimentary section exposed across a breached anticline. Bill Normark, Larry Kooker, and Ray Sliter of Coastal and Marine Geology participated to provide Chirp sonar data in order to site the cores. The USGS conducted chirp profiling during 4 of the 6 days on station, with each session about 4 hours in length. The cores, which were logged and described on board, will be shipped to the core archive facility at Oregon State University.
Comments The piston coring and chirp profiling operations ceased 0800 on 08/26/05 offshore Santa Barbara; all but nine of the scientific party were transferred ashore by water taxi, including all USGS personnel. The R/V Melville then transited to Seattle, WA to officially end the leg on 08/30/05. Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) identifies the cruise as TUIM13MV ending in Seattle. TUIM13MV is SI Oceanographys cruise ID indicating leg 13 of Expedition TUIMV. The expedition was an NSF-funded cruise (C. Nicholson, J. Kennett, and C. Sorlien, UC Santa Barbara, co-PIs) in collaboration with the USGS CMG Southern California earthquake hazard task of the CABRILLO Project. In the University of California Santa Barbara records, the cruise is recorded as SBCORE. Staff information imported from InfoBank Craig Nicholson (UC Santa Barbara) - Chief scientist Jim Kennett (chief scientist, UC Santa Barbara) - Co Christopher Sorlien (PI, Seismic data interpretation, UC Santa Barbara) - Co Sarah Hopkins (UC Santa Barbara) - Seismic data interpretation Dorothy Pak (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Scientist Jennifer Osborne (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Undergraduate Student Robert Decesari (UC Santa Barbara) - Geophysical Graduate Student Erin Ricketts (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student Dan Murphy (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student Pete Kalk (Oregon State University) - Piston core technician Chris Moser (Oregon State University) - Piston core technician Paul Walczak (Oregon State University) - Piston core technician Nell Oschein (Oregon State University) - MST core logger Rheannon Hill (Oregon State University) - MST core logger Bill Normark (US Geological Survey) - Sedimentologist Ray Sliter (US Geological Survey) - Chirp data processing Larry Kooker (US Geological Survey) - Electronic technician Richard Behl (Cal State Univ. Long Beach) - Sedimentologist Pamela Hill (UC Los Angeles) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student Arndt Schimmelmann (University of Indiana) - Sediment lab/ Scientist Mirela Dumitrescu (University of Indiana) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student Irene Arango (University of Indiana) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student Tessa Hill (UC Davis) - Sediment lab/ Scientist Steven Macalello (UC Davis) - Sediment lab/ Undergraduate Student Kevin Cannariato (Univ. Southern California) - Sediment lab/ Scientist Chris Curl (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Captain Woody Sutherland (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Computer Technician Cambria Colt (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Marine Research Technician Gene Pillard (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Marine Research Technician
Projects
Platform
Melville
Length 279 feet, beam 46 feet, draft 15.5.
Itinerary
Start San Diego, CA 2005-08-19
End Santa Barbara, CA 2005-08-26
Bounds
West -120.0358
East -117.29814
North 34.28277
South 32.63693
Activity Chirp Seismic and Piston Coring

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Crew members
Ray W Sliter
Scientist, Staff
Decesari, Robert
Scientist, Staff
Kooker, Larry
Scientist, Staff
Normark, Bill
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Normark, Bill
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Craig Nicholson (Santa Barbara)
Affiliate staff Craig Nicholson (UC Santa Barbara) - Chief scientist,Jim Kennett (chief scientist, UC Santa Barbara) - Co,Christopher Sorlien (PI, Seismic data interpretation, UC Santa Barbara) - Co,Sarah Hopkins (UC Santa Barbara) - Seismic data interpretation,Dorothy Pak (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Scientist,Jennifer Osborne (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Undergraduate Student,Erin Ricketts (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student,Dan Murphy (UC Santa Barbara) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student,Pete Kalk (Oregon State University) - Piston core technician,Chris Moser (Oregon State University) - Piston core technician,Paul Walczak (Oregon State University) - Piston core technician,Nell Oschein (Oregon State University) - MST core logger,Rheannon Hill (Oregon State University) - MST core logger,Richard Behl (Cal State Univ. Long Beach) - Sedimentologist,Pamela Hill (UC Los Angeles) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student,Arndt Schimmelmann (University of Indiana) - Sediment lab/ Scientist,Mirela Dumitrescu (University of Indiana) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student,Irene Arango (University of Indiana) - Sediment lab/ Graduate Student,Tessa Hill (UC Davis) - Sediment lab/ Scientist,Steven Macalello (UC Davis) - Sediment lab/ Undergraduate Student,Kevin Cannariato (Univ. Southern California) - Sediment lab/ Scientist,Chris Curl (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Captain,Woody Sutherland (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Computer Technician,Cambria Colt (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Marine Research Technician,Gene Pillard (Scripps Inst. Oceanography) - Marine Research Technician

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Boomer

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 5
pistoncore Geology 1
Chirp Boomer (no data reported)
gravitycore Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity