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

Field Activity W406MB

Identifier W406MB
Alternate names W-4-06-MB,MBARI T1051,MBARI T1052 MBARI T1053 MBARI T1054 MBARI T1055 MBARI T1056 MBARI T1058
Purpose The cruise was split to reflect two different operations: use the ROV to collect samples from submarine canyons (part 1) and then to deploy cable for the sea floor observatory taking a few additional vibracore samples near the observatory (part 2). A brief port stop on 02 Nov (JD306) for personnel transfers.
Description Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute,United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Charlie Paull, Mark Chaffey, MBARI. Sampling data (vibratingcore) of field activity W-4-06-MB in Central California continental margin between Pt.Sur and Pt. San Martin from 10/31/2006 to 11/07/2006
Location Central California continental margin between Pt. Sur and Pt. San Martin
Summary Refer to sample list W-4-06-MB_sampleslist_VC50-VC65.xls
Info derived Continue a sampling program to look at sediment transport in smaller canyons south of Pt. Sur, e.g., Sur, Partington, Lucia, and Little Lucia Canyons. Obtain additional samples to evaluate the recent history of sediment transport through Monterey Canyon in the area of the Shepard Meander. This is a continuation of earlier collaborative work with MBARI scientists.
Comments (1) Station IDs reflect the Tiburon dive numbers set by MBARI. (2) Sample numbers for the push cores are generally not consecutive but reflect permanent labels on coring and other devices that are randomly chosen before each dive, and many of the push cores are reused in later dives. USGS sample protocol could not used during dives except for the Activity ID (W-1-05-SC). (3) Sample numbers recorded in FACS reflect only those samples that will be brought to the USGS for logging, description, and, in most cases, archiving. Staff information imported from InfoBank Bill Ussler - MBARI Larry Bird - MBARI Andy Hamilton - MBARI Kent Headly - MBARI Rendy Keaten - MBARI Brian Romans - Stanford Zane Jobe - Stanford
Projects
Platform
Western Flyer
117' twin hull MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
Itinerary
Start Moss Landing 2006-10-31
End Moss Landing 2006-11-07
Bounds
West -122.906
East -121.65929
North 36.54082
South 35.71696
Activity Sampling

Personnel

Organization
Moss Landing, CA95039
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Crew members
Bird, Larry
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Normark, Bill
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Charlie Paull, Mark Chaffey
Affiliate staff Bill Ussler - MBARI,Andy Hamilton - MBARI,Kent Headly - MBARI,Rendy Keaten - MBARI,Brian Romans - Stanford,Zane Jobe - Stanford

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 3
vibratingcore Geology 6

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Bill Normark
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-4-06-mb.060 GPS Bill Normark
Global positioning system (GPS) data w-4-06-mb.061 GPS Provisional best file Bill Normark
im001_01.bmp vibratingcore photo of core Bill Normark
Station Locations 1 vibratingcore Bill Normark
Station Locations 2 vibratingcore Bill Normark
T1051-VC50.tif vibratingcore photo of core Bill Normark
thumb001.bmp vibratingcore Thumbnail of core photo Bill Normark

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off central California in 1999, 2006, and 2019 vibratingcore Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic and benthic foraminifera collected from cores obtained in 1999, 2006, and 2019 offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. Mary L McGann

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity