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ID A-2-98-SC
Abstract United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Homa Lee, Brian Edwards. Sampling data (GPS, echosounder, gravitycore, pistoncore, boxcore, clamshellgrab) of field activity A-2-98-SC in Santa Monica Bay from 08/23/1998 to 08/31/1998
Organization United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Project/Theme Los Angeles Shelf Pollution and Waste Disposal Project
National Plan Environmental Quality And Preservation; Pollution And Waste Disposal
Chief Scientist Homa Lee
Brian Edwards
Activity Type Sampling
Platform Auriga
Area of Operation
Santa Monica Bay
Location map A-2-98-SC location map of where navigation equipment operated
Bounding Coordinates 34.02126
-119.05979    -118.44517
33.73932
Dates 08/23/1998 (JD 235) to 08/31/1998 (JD 243)
Analog Materials list
Index map

A-2-98-SC map of where navigation equipment operated

Information Specialist
Jamie Stocking
Carolyn Degnan
Crew
Homa Lee Chief Scientist, USGS Western Region
Brian Edwards Chief Scientist, USGS Western Region
Hank Chezar Photographer, USGS Western Region
Jingping Xu Geologist, USGS Western Region
Kevin Evans Geologist, USGS Western Region
Randy Keaten Micropaleontologist
Time Elfers Geologist/lead 210, Skidway Inst Of Ocean.
Alyson Craig Geologist/lead 210, Skidway Inst Of Ocean.
Meg McQuarrie Navigator, USGS Western Region
Jamie Stocking Navigator/facs, USGS Western Region
Bill Robinson Electronic Tech, USGS Western Region
Walt Olson Mechanical Tech, USGS Western Region
Kevin O'Toole Mechanical Tech, USGS Western Region
Richard Corrigan Ship Captain
Marcus Ballweber Chief Mate
Russ Brisindine Chief Engineer
Paul Giron Deck Hand
Ricky Labrador Chief Cook
Equipment Used
GPS
echosounder
gravitycore
pistoncore
boxcore
clamshellgrab
Purpose
Collect box core, gravity and piston core samples to understand anthropogenic affects on sedimentation
Information to be Derived
grain size, C/CO3, microfauna, organic geochemistry, photographic characterization
Summary
Collected 129 samples (grab samples, box cores, gravity cores and piston cores) from 150 stations
Publications
Reid, J.A., Reid, J.M., Jenkins, C.J., Zimmermann, M., Williams, S.J., and Field, M.E., 2006,
usSEABED: Pacific Coast (California, Oregon, Washington) offshore
surficial-sediment data release, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 182, version 1.0. Online at:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/182/

Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., 2003, Integrated assessment of an
urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research,
v. 56, no. 1-2, 342 p.

Dojiri, M., Yamaguchi, M., Weisberg, S.B., and Lee, Homa J., 2003,
Changing anthropogenic influence on the Santa Monica Bay watershed,
in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 1-14.

Gardner, James V., Dartnell, Peter, Mayer, Larry A., and Hughes Clarke,
John E., 2003, Geomorphology, acoustic backscatter, and processes in Santa
Monica Bay from multibeam mapping, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds.,
Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California:
Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 15-4.

Edwards, Brian D., Dartnell, Peter, and Chezar, Henry, 2003, Characterizing
benthic substrates of Santa Monica Bay with seafloor photography and multibeam
sonar imagery, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated
assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine
Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 47-66.

Leecaster, Molly, 2003, Spatial analysis of grain size in Santa Monica Bay,
in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 67-78

Hein, James R., Dowling, Jennifer S., Schuetze, Anthony, and Lee, Homa J.,
2003, Clay-mineral suites, sources, and inferred dispersal routes; Southern
California continental shelf, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds.,
Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California:
Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 79-102

Noble, Marlene A., and Xu, J.P., 2003, Observations of large-amplitude
cross-shore internal bores near the shelf break, Santa Monica Bay, CA,
in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 127-149.

Sommerfield, Christopher K., and Lee, Homa J., 2003, Magnitude and variability
of Holocene sediment accumulation in Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa
J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment of an urban water body;
Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2,
p. 151-176.

Alexander, Clark R., and Venherm, Claudia, 2003, Modern sedimentary processes in
the Santa Monica, California continental margin; sediment accumulation, mixing
and budget, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated assessment
of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine Environmental
Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 177-204.

Bay, Steven M., Zeng, Eddy Y., Lorenson, Thomas D., Tran, Kim, and Alexander,
Clark R., 2003, Temporal and spatial distributions of contaminants in sediments
of Santa Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds.,
Integrated assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California:
Marine Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 255-276.

Greenstein, Darrin, Bay, Steven M., Jirik, Andrew, Brown, Jeffrey, and
Alexander, Clark R., 2003, Toxicity assessment of sediment cores from Santa
Monica Bay, California, in Lee, Homa J., and Weisberg, Stephen, eds., Integrated
assessment of an urban water body; Santa Monica Bay, California: Marine
Environmental Research, v. 56, no. 1-2, p. 277-297.
Got Help? For A-2-98-SC, we would appreciate any information on -- contract, days at sea, dive count, funding, kms of navigation, NGDC Info, notes, owner, ports, project number, scanned materials, seismic description, station count, station description, submersible, tabulated info.

 

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