Other ID: DJ-85-FI
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Winters
Affiliate Investigator(s): NOAA
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine the suitability of sea floor sediments for radioactive waste disposal.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1985-12-13
End Date: 1985-12-14
Equipment Used: Loran-C, Box corer
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Short cores: 6 (3 stations; 2 box cores at each station).
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: No field activity documentation available. Information gleaned from open-file report OFR 87-600 describing analyses on 6 box cores, two taken at each of 3 sites southwest of the Farallon Islands in a dumpsite last used in 1965. Geotechnical tests were performed to determine relative penetrability of the sediment at each site and suitability of sea floor sediments for radioactive waste disposal.
Location:
Farallon Islands, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.65 | South: 37.45 | West: -123.25 | East: -123 |
Platform(s):
 David Starr Jordan |
Winters, W.J., and Booth, J.S., 1987, Sediment properties related to prediction of embedment and penetration depth of objects into the seafloor off the Farallon Islands, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-600, 101 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr87600.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1985-047-FA-LN-001 (Track map with core locations.) |
| Box corer | --- | Biology Geology | 1985-047-FA-SC-001 (CORE samples) |
