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Excerpts from the WR CMG Bulletin (Publisher Mike Carr, Editor: Ann Gartner) 11/7/97 - CRUISE SUMMARY: MBNMS PROJECT In late August and early September, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) project conducted two very successful 10-day back-to- back cruises on the continental shelf between Carmel and the Golden Gate. The first was a sampling cruise out of Moss Landing aboard the R/V Point Sur, a UNOLS vessel. The second was a very high resolution seismic- reflection cruise aboard the NOAA ship McArthur. During the sampling leg, we recovered 175 box cores, grab samples, and bottom photographs out of 226 sampling attempts. The samples were located at sites specified by EPAs EMAP design criteria and represent the last of the statistically sited coring for the MBNMS project. The geophysical leg was designed to delineate the three-dimensional spatial distribution of areas of sediment erosion, deposition, bypass, and outcrops within this shelf region. We used the newly remodeled HUNTEC system to collect approximately 1400 trackline-km of very high resolution boomer data (centered in the 2-kHz to 2.5-kHz range). The system performed beautifully and provided high-quality data, at times to subbottom depths exceeding 100 m. Walter Barnhardt, Brad Carkin, Hank Chezar, Justin Friesner, Kaye Kinoshita, Greg Martz, and Rebecca Preston, along with various MLML and UCSC personnel, endured the grueling 12-hour coring watches with good cheer. Roberto Anima was co-chief, and Kaye Kinoshita, Rebecca Preston, and Glenn Spinelli provided support during the geophysical work. We conducted the cruises at a time when MARFAC was hard pressed with the BASIX III operation. Fred Payne served ably as both ET and MT during the sampling leg. Fred Payne, Mike Boyle, and Graham Standen (GEOFORCE tech) got to play with the HUNTEC system during the geophysical leg. I thank MARFAC and particularly Fred and Mike for their help in making both these cruises successful.- Brian Edwards
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Walter Barnhardt (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Brian Edwards (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Brad Carkin (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Hank Chezar (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Justin Friesner - Unspecified
Kaye Kinoshita (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Greg Martz - Unspecified
Rebecca Preston - Unspecified |
