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

Field Activity MD208MB

Identifier MD208MB
Alternate names M-D2-08-MB
Purpose Deploy 4 sediment trap mooring to collect sediment for geochemical analyses. Deploy 1 benthic tripod to collect oceanographic data.
Description United States Geological Survey, Pacific Science Center. Chief Scientists: Curt Storlazzi, Christopher Conaway. Mooring deployments data of field activity M-D2-08-MB in Northern Monterey Bay, CA from 01/01/2008 to 01/01/2008
Location CA
Info derived Sediment size, sediment compositions, sediment geochemistry, water depth, wave height, wave period, wave direction, current speed, current direction, acoustic backscatter, temperature, salinity
Projects
Platform
Parke Snavely
34'
Itinerary
Start Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor 2008-01-01
End Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor 2008-01-01
Bounds
West -122.5
East -121.75
North 37
South 36.75
Activity Mooring deployments

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Conaway, Christopher
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Joshua Logan
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Curt Storlazzi

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
sedimenttrap Geology (no data reported)
tripod Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity