USGS Woods Hole, MA Field Activity Report for 90047

Alternate number:

Platform:

WECOMA

Submersible:

Owner-Operator:

Oregon State University

Captain:

Center Principal:

William Strahle

Affiliate Principal
(if any):

Area of Operations:

California Continental Shelf, California, United States, North America, North Pacific

Bounding Coordinates

North:

38.6

South:

38.5

West:

-123.5

East:

-123.25

Start and End Dates:

November 14, 1990 to November 21, 1990

Start and End Ports:

from Newport, OR to Yerba Buena, CA

Days at Sea:

Project Number:

Project Title:

SedimentTRansportEventsonSelvesandSlopes

Cruise Funding Source:

Contract:

Type of Activity:

Objectives:

Deploy surface marker buoys and 3 current moorings on CA Continental Shelf in Sediment TRansport Events on Shelves and Slopes experiment to study resuspension/transport of fine-grained sediments in winter storms at sites C2, C3, C4.

Information to be derived:

Data Types (and Media) Produced:

Scientific Party
(USGS):

Bill Strahle, Marinna Martini, Brad Butman

Scientific Party
(affiliate):

Data Curator:

Scientific Equipment:

Navigation techniques used:

Summary of Results:

Number of Stations Occupied:

Station Description:

Number of Submersible Dives:

Continuous Data (in Km):

Seismic Line Descriptions:

Track Plot:

Related Web Sites:

Remarks:

Leg 1: Nov. 14-17, 1990, Newport, OR to Yerba Buena, CA. Leg 3: Nov. 19-21, 1990, Yerba Buena, CA to Yerba Buena, CA.

Contact:

Brad Butman ()

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