1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2019-603-FA

Identifier 2019-603-FA
Purpose ROV video and coring for sedimentary processes, hazards and benthic habitat ground truth.
Location South Central California
Summary Sample locations submitted to FAD 3/21/2019 by Mary McGann.
Info derived Grain size, foram age dating
Comments MBARI is final repository of video data.
Projects
Platform
Western Flyer
117' twin hull MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Moss Landing, California 2019-02-04
End Moss Landing, California 2019-02-14
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -122
East -120.9
North 35.8
South 34.6

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Guy R CochraneMary L McGannThomas D Lorenson
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Mary L McGann
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Charles Paull, MBARI

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: Video, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
grab Geology (no data reported)
pushcore Geology (no data reported)
vibracore Geology 3
video Video (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Location and depth data for vibracores vibracore This dataset includes the location and depth information for 49 vibracores that were collected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in February 2019 aboard the R/V Western Flyer using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts. Daniel (Contractor) J Kennedy
Photographs of vibracores vibracore This dataset includes photographs of 49 vibracores that were collected by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) in February 2019 aboard the R/V Western Flyer using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Doc Ricketts. Daniel (Contractor) J Kennedy

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off central California in 1999, 2006, and 2019 vibracore Results of radiocarbon age dating of planktic and benthic foraminifera collected from cores obtained in 1999, 2006, and 2019 offshore central California in the vicinity of Morro Bay. Mary L McGann

Publications

Kennedy, D.J.; Walton, M.A.; Cochrane, G.R.; Paull, C.K.; Gwiazda, R.; Lundsten, E.; Kuhnz, L.; Lorenson, T.D.; McGann, M.L.; Nieminski, N.M.; and Addison, J.A., 2021, Donated ROV vibracore and sampling data collected during Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute cruises in 2019 offshore of south-central California: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P9E2OP35.

McGann, M.; Paull, C.K.; Lundsten, E.; Gwiazda, R.; Walton, M.A.L.; Nieminski, N.M.; Lorenson, T.D.; and Lee. H.J, 2023, Radiocarbon age dating of biological material from cores collected off central California in 1999, 2006, and 2019: , https://doi.org/10.5066/P9FWTKZQ.