Other ID: E294NC
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner
Affiliate Investigator(s): Herman Karl - PMG - Chief Sci.
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize a reference site for offshore dumping of dredge spoils from California estuaries. Sidescan sonar, photos, and sediment sampling scheduled.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA
End Port/Location: Redwood City, CA
Start Date: 1994-10-29
End Date: 1994-11-04
Equipment Used: Slow corer, ODEC 3.5 kHz, Sidescan sonar, Camera- deep sea
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Michael Bothner, Peter W. Gill
Affiliate Staff:
Most cruise participants are from PMG.
Notes: Information from foghorn: Sidescan, photography and other gear provided by PMG. Hydraulically damped gravity corer.
Cruise report indicates an EG&G sidescan, but not the specific one. The report also indicates the ODEC subbottom profiler.
See cruise report for additional personnel.
Location:
Farallon Islands, California, United States, North America, North Pacific;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38.13456 | South: 36.65079 | West: -124.255 | East: -122.21191 |
Platform(s):
 Pacific Escort |
Bothner, M.H., Gill, P.W., Boothman, W.S., Taylor, B.B., and Karl, H.A., 1997, Chemical and textural characteristics of sediments at an EPA reference site for dredged material on the continental slope SW of the Farallon Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-087, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9787.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including daily narrative which mentions personnel. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slow corer | --- | Geology | |
| ODEC 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | |
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo |
