| Identifier | 2015-645-FA | ||||||||
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| Purpose | Image and sample the 2015 California oil pipeline spill | ||||||||
| Location | Tajiguas Creek, CA, USA, Pacific Ocean | ||||||||
| Summary | Collected 8 tar/oil samples; Ran 3 ERT lines over oil-soaked ground. Coordinated with Federal, State, and County authorities. | ||||||||
| Info derived | geochemical and geophysical data | ||||||||
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| Vehicles | MarFac; Chevy Suburban - gray; 7 pass; G62-2874L |
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2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
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| Principal investigators | Peter W SwarzenskiThomas D LorensonRobert J Rosenbauer | ||||||||||
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| Data category: | Electro-Magnetic, Environmental Data, Geochemical, Location-Elevation, Sampling |
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| Data type: | Resistivity, Conductivity, Nutrients, Surveys (geochemical), Navigation, Chemistry, Geology |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| Handheld GPS | GPS not working | Navigation | (no data expected) |
| Supersting R8 | Ran 3 lines across oil spill using electrode spacing of differing spacings: GLA-01 0.25m; GLA-02 0.25m, seawater added to electrodes 1-9 for better contact with the ground; GLA-03 0.5m spacing. | Resistivity | (no data reported) |
| Other | Unknown, Surveys (geochemical), Experiments (geochemical) | (no data reported) |