1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System
  3. Dataset 40811

Dataset description: Photographs of vibracores collected offshore San Francisco, California

This section of the data release contains photographs of 34 vibracores that were collected aboard the R/V Bold Horizon in 2019 on U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2019-649-FA offshore San Francisco, California. Continuous line-scan photographs were created in the lab to assess sand and gravel resources in Federal and State waters for potential use in future beach nourishment projects along stretches of the coast where critical erosion hotspots have been identified.
Version1
Keywordssea-floor characteristics, vibracoring, core analysis, marine geology
Data typesGeology
FormatTIFF
Amount1885 MB

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Location of materials and files

Public fileshttps://doi.org/10.5066/P9LBG9H5
Metadatahttps://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/metadata/pcmsc/DataReleases/CMGDS_DR_tool/DR_P9LBG9H5/2019-649-FA_core_photo_metadata.xml
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Activities and equipment

ActivityEquipment
2019-649-FAVibracore