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ID O-1-68-NC
Also Known As CHANEEL_1
Abstract 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
Project/Theme California Continental Margin
Chief Scientist Eli Silver
Platform Oconostota
Area of Operation
California continental margin, La Jolla to Eureka
Location map O-1-68-NC location map of where navigation equipment operated
Bounding Coordinates 36.46667
-123.91667    -122.67167
34.68333
Dates 08/23/1968 (JD 236) to 08/25/1968 (JD 238)
Analog Materials No analog holdings.
Index map

O-1-68-NC map of where navigation equipment operated

Crew
Eli Silver Chief Scientist, USGS Western Region
Equipment Used
airgun
magnetics
pipedredge
gravitycore
grab
dredge
Purpose
Structure of the continental margin off northernmost California was
studied by reflection profiling and magnetic profiling, and by extensive bottom
sampling.
Summary
single-channel airgun and sparker data
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.

Normark, W.R., 1970, Channel piracy on monterey deep-sea fan: Deep-Sea Research and
Oceanographic Abstracts, v. 17, no. 5, p. 837-846.

Normark, William R., 1970, Growth patterns of deep-sea fans: The American Association of
Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 54, no. 11, p. 2170-2195.

Normark, W.R., 1970, Channel piracy on Monterey deep-sea fan: Deep-Sea Research and
Oceanographic Abstracts, v. 17, no. 5, p. 837-846.

Normark, William R., 1969, Growth patterns of deep-sea fans: San Diego, La Jolla, CA,
University of California, dissertation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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