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Metadata
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ID
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A-1-03-SC
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Abstract
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United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California.
Chief Scientists: Brian Edwards, Homa Lee. Sampling data
(3dot5khz, subbottomprofiler, boxcore, vibratingcore,
pistoncore, gravitycore, tripcore) of field activity
A-1-03-SC in Southern California: Pt. Conception to Mexican
border, from shore outto 50 nautical miles. from 07/18/2003
to 07/31/2003
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Organization
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United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
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Chief Scientist
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Brian Edwards
Homa Lee
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Activity Type
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Sampling
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Platform
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Auriga
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Area of Operation
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Southern California: Pt. Conception to Mexican border, from shore out
to 50 nautical miles.
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Location map
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Bounding Coordinates
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37.83387
-122.72343 -117.34878
33.03002
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Ports
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leave Redwood City, CA
arrive Redwood City, CA
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Dates
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07/18/2003 (JD 199) to 07/31/2003 (JD 212)
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Analog Materials
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list
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Index map
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Information Specialist
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Crew
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Brian Edwards
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Co-Chief Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Homa Lee
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Co-Chief Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Bill Normark
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Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Lori Hibbeler
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Information Specialist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Jamie Conrad
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Navigator, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Pete Dartnell
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Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Jon Warrick
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Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Eric Grossman
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Scientist, USGS, Santa Cruz, CA
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Cathy Frazee
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Core Curator, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Brad Carkin
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Logging Technician, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Simon Barber
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Scientist, USGS, Menlo Park, CA
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Claudia Venherm
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Scientist, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA
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Alyson Cotton
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Scientist, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA
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Walt Olsen
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Marine Technician, USGS, Redwood City, CA
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Kevin O'Toole
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Marine Technician, USGS, Redwood City, CA
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Hal Williams
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Marine Technician, USGS, Redwood City, CA
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Mike Boyle
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Electronic Technician, USGS, Redwood City, CA
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Ted Blinkers
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Captain, R/V Auriga Crew, Seattle, WA
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Donna White
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Second Mate, R/V Auriga Crew, Seattle, WA
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William White
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Third Mate, R/V Auriga Crew, Seattle, WA
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Richard Kelly
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Engineer, R/V Auriga Crew, Seattle, WA
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Thomas Lyon
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Engineer, R/V Auriga Crew, Seattle, WA
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John Kelly
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Deck-hand, R/V Auriga Crew, Seattle, WA
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Levanto Schachter
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UCLA Mooring, UCLA IOE
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Equipment Used
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3dot5khz
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subbottomprofiler
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boxcore
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vibratingcore
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pistoncore
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gravitycore
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tripcore
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Purpose
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1) Mechanics and timing of submarine sediment failures on part of the
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mainland slope of the Santa Barbara Channel (piston coring). 2) Neotectonics
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and timing of recent fault movement in the inner California Continental
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Borderland from Anacapa Island to San Diego, CA (piston coring and gravity
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coring). 3) Stratigraphic and sedimentologic characterization of offshore
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facies that comprise part of the onshore coastal aquifer systems contaminated by
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salt water intrusion (vibracoring). 4) Mass balance of contaminants
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(chlorinated hydrocarbons and trace metals) associated with sediment deposited
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on the Los Angeles margin (Pt Dume to Huntington Beach, CA) (box coring).
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Information to be Derived
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Strat/Sed (SS), Chlorinated Hydrocarbon (CH), Trace Metals (TM),
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210Pb, Texture, Forams, Grainsize
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Summary
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The M/V Auriga left the port of Redwood City at 0800 on July 18, 2003,
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and returned to the Port of Redwood City at XXXX on July 31, 2003. Transit to
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the operation area in the Santa Barbara Channel took approximately 28 hours.
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The return transit from Santa Monica Bay took approximately 38 hours. During
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our 11 operational days we collected 29 piston cores, 25 gravity cores, 43 box
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cores, and 19 vibracores. We also collected 3 hours of CHIRP high-resolution
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seismic-reflection data in support of the vibracoring operations.
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A piston core collected at site Hein1, a station positioned to sample for
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seafloor discharges of methylmercury, recovered an ice sample of gas hydrate.
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To our knowledge, this is the first discovery of gas hydrate south of the
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Mendocino Triple Junction.
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Notes
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Leave Redwood City, CA
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Arrive Redwood City, CA
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Planning to collect:
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Piston Core
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Gravity Core
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Box Core
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Vibracore
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Grabs
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Planned date -- July, 2003
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Got Help?
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For A-1-03-SC, we would appreciate any information on -- contract, days at sea, dive count, funding, kms of navigation, national plan, NGDC Info, owner, project, project number, publications, scanned materials, seismic description, station count, station description, submersible, tabulated info.
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