- Title:
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Data of field activity O-1-68-NC in California continental
margin, La Jolla to Eureka from 08/23/1968 to 08/25/1968
- Abstract:
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Chief Scientist: Eli Silver. Data (airgun, magnetics,
pipedredge, gravitycore, grab, dredge) of field activity
O-1-68-NC in California continental margin, La Jolla to
Eureka from 08/23/1968 to 08/25/1968,
<http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/o/o168nc/html/o-1-68-nc.meta.html>.
- Supplemental_Information:
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Equipment Used -
airgun Bolt airgun, MP-9 hydrophones, Huckabay two-channel amplifier, Gifft recorder
magnetics Varian Proton Precession magnetometer
pipedredge
gravitycore
grab
dredge sediment dredge
Publications -
Normark, William Raymond, 1970, Growth patterns of deep sea fans: Ann Arbor, MI, Dissertation
Abstracts International, Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, v. 30, no. 11, p. 5169B.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, W.R., 1970, Channel piracy on monterey deep-sea fan: Deep-Sea Research and
Oceanographic Abstracts, v. 17, no. 5, p. 837-846. <BR>
<HR>
Normark, William R., 1970, Growth patterns of deep-sea fans: The American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 54, no. 11, p. 2170-2195.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, W.R., 1970, Channel piracy on Monterey deep-sea fan: Deep-Sea Research and
Oceanographic Abstracts, v. 17, no. 5, p. 837-846.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, William R., 1969, Growth patterns of deep-sea fans: San Diego, La Jolla, CA,
University of California, dissertation.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, William R., 1970, Growth Patterns of Deep-Sea Fans: San Diego, CA, University of
California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Contributions, v. 40, pt. 2, no. 2,
p. 1488-1513.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, W.R., 1971, Channel piracy on Monterey Deep-Sea Fan: San Diego, CA, University of
California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Contributions, v. 41, p. 437-446.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, William R., 1972, Submarine canyons and fan-valleys; factors affecting growth
processes of deep-sea fans (abst.), in A conference on modern and ancient geosynclinal
sedimentation: Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin National Science Foundation.<BR>
<HR>
Wilde, P., Normark, W.R., and Chase, T.E., 1974, Petroleum potential on continental rise off
central California, in Circum-Pacific Energy and Mineral Resources Conference: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 58, no. 7, p. 1461-1462.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, W.R., 1976, Growth patterns of deep-sea fans, in Whitaker, J.H., ed., Submarine
canyons and deep-sea fans; modern and ancient: Stroudsburg, Pa., Dowden, Hutchinson and
Ross, Inc.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, W.R., Hess, G.R., Chase, T.E., Wilde, P., Spencer, J.E., 1977, Active and relict
channel systems, and the growth pattern on Monterey submarine fan, California: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 9, no. 7, p. 1116-1117.<BR>
<HR>
Normark, W.R., and Hess, G.R., 1978, Sedimentological features and growth of the Monterey
deep-sea fan off central California: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1100, p. 151.<BR>
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), 20081216, Data of field activity O-1-68-NC in California continental margin, La Jolla to Eureka from 08/23/1968 to 08/25/1968: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG).
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- What geographic area does the data set cover?
- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -123.91667
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.67167
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.46667
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 34.68333
- What does it look like?
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Trackline map of O-1-68-NC
- Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?
- Beginning_Date: 23-Aug-1968
- Ending_Date: 25-Aug-1968
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- What is the general form of this data set?
- How does the data set represent geographic features?
- How are geographic features stored in the data set?
- Indirect_Spatial_Reference: California continental margin, La Jolla to Eureka
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- What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?
Horizontal positions are specified in geographic coordinates, that is, latitude and longitude.
Latitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001.
Longitudes are given to the nearest 0.00001.
Latitude and longitude values are specified in Decimal degrees.
The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1927.
The ellipsoid used is Clarke 1866.
The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378206.4.
The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/294.98.
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- Depth_Resolution: 0.1
- Depth_Distance_Units: meters
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Overview: Navigation with Time Stamp
- Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
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Dead reckoning data
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FORTRAN format: (i4.4, i3.3, 3i2.2, i1.1, t16, f9.5, t26, f10.5)
C format: (%4.4i%3.3i3%2.2i%1.1i %9.5f %10.5f\\n)
Naming: .010
- Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
- Who also contributed to the data set?
Eli Silver (Chief Scientist, USGS Western Region)
- To whom should users address questions about the data?
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
c/o Clint Steele
Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
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- Date: 11-Jul-2000 (process 1 of 1)
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Navigation Data
time/lat/long style, multi-record, in caps
temporal-spatial data
data acquisition systems
1 2 3
3456789012345678901234567890123456
Person who carried out this activity:
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
c/o Clint Steele
Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
csteele@usgs.gov
- What similar or related data should the user be aware of?
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG), Unknown, USGS/CMG Information Bank: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG).
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Navigation Data (o-1-68-nc.010 [DRS])
YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
196808231152000 196808251443000
YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
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- Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
c/o Clint Steele
Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
csteele@usgs.gov
- What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?
Downloadable Data O-1-68-NC data set
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Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as
the source of this information.
Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.
Some USGS information accessed through this means
may be preliminary in nature and presented without
the approval of the Director of the USGS. This
information is provided with the understanding
that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete
and conclusions drawn from such information are
the responsibility of the user.
This information is not intended for navigational
purposes.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
descriptive purposes only and does not imply
endorsement by the U.S. Government.
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- Dates:
- Last modified: 16-Dec-2008
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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
c/o Clint Steele
Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055 (voice)
(650) 329-5190 (FAX)
csteele@usgs.gov
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