USGS Woods Hole, MA Field Activity Report for 88020

Alternate number:

F-13-88-NC

Platform:

FARNELLA

Submersible:

Owner-Operator:

J. Marr and Sons, Hull, England

Captain:

Center Principal:

D.Cacchione, D.Drake

Affiliate Principal
(if any):

Area of Operations:

Point Sal, Northern California, United States, North America, North Pacific

Bounding Coordinates

North:

38.7

South:

34.8

West:

-123.6

East:

-120.7

Start and End Dates:

December 5, 1988 to December 13, 1988

Start and End Ports:

from Redwood City, CA to Redwood City, CA

Days at Sea:

Project Number:

Project Title:

STRESS

Cruise Funding Source:

Contract:

No. 14-12-0001-30262

Type of Activity:

Sampling
Mooring work
Seismic profiling

Objectives:

This cruise was conducted as a part of the sediment transport component of the MMS California OCS Phase II Monitoring Program. Data were successfully collected during the spring/summer of 1987. This cruise was designed to obtain data during the winter season. The specific objectives were: 1. Conduct a side-scan survey at project sights R8, PJ1, a,d R9. 2. Deploy 2 surface guard buoys at each sight (R8, PJ1, R9). 3. Deploy 3 subsurface current meter moorings at R8,PJ1, R9. 4. Deploy 2 GEOPROBE tripods at R8 and PJ1. 5. Collect box cores for detailed and sediment analyses. 6. Collect hydrographic and suspended matter samples.

Information to be derived:

Times series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Sea Floor Map

Data Types (and Media) Produced:

Scientific Party
(USGS):

David Cacchione, David Drake, Jim Nicholson, George Tate, Rick Vail, Kevin O Toole, Corky Ozanne, Kaye Kinoshita, Barbara Seekins, John Gann, LidaBeth Pickthorn-USGS Menlo Park; Brad Butman, William Strahle, Richard Rendigs-USGS Woods Hole;

Scientific Party
(affiliate):

Rosemarie Petrecca, Charlotte Fuller-WHOI; Kevin Briggs, Rick Ray-ONR; Giovanni Bortoluzzi(visiting scientist);

Data Curator:

Scientific Equipment:

CTD system, GEOPROBES, Guard buoys, VACM moorings, Side scan system, Gravity core,
Box core-Battelle, bottom camera-NORDA

Navigation techniques used:

Summary of Results:

Moorings deployed: 6(#327,328,329,330,331,332 recovered #89004 FARNELLA Feb 21-28, 1989;) Moorings recovered:? Sediment samples:7; CTD stations: 13; Sidescan sonar: 48km; Box cores: 6; (processed shipboard by WHOI for E. Crycelius, Battelle) Gravity core: 1(processed shipboard by WHOI for E. Crycelius, Battelle) Water samples: 33;

Number of Stations Occupied:

Station Description:

Number of Submersible Dives:

Continuous Data (in Km):

Seismic Line Descriptions:

Track Plot:

Related Web Sites:

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/f/f1388nc/html/f-13-88-nc.meta.html

Remarks:

Contact:

David Cacchione, David Drake (dcacchione@usgs.gov)

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