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

Field Activity 2016-679-FA

Identifier 2016-679-FA
Also known as Monterey Bay Coordinated Canyon Experiment
Purpose Recover equipment from Monterey Canyon
Location Monterey Canyon, California, United States, Pacific Ocean
Summary sample analysis on FAD Recovered equipment from Monterey Canyon, including sediment traps.
Info derived Physical Oceanography, grain size, displaced microfossils
Comments Additional principal investigator: Charles K. Paull (MBARI) Additional organizations: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Ocean University of China, the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, England, and the University of Hull, England Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-629-FA
Projects
Platform
Western Flyer
117' twin hull MBARI, Moss Landing, CA
Vehicles
None
Itinerary
Start Moss Landing, CA 2016-10-10
End Moss Landing, CA 2016-10-12
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -123.096
East -122.20638602
North 37.01297082
South 36.40290989

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Mary L McGann
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Mary L McGann
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Charlie Paull (MBARI)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
navigation Navigation (no data reported)
samples Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity