Field Activity J598SF

Identifier J598SF
Alternate names J-5-98-SF
Purpose Establish a baseline database to document the morphology and texture of the bay floor in Grizzly Bay. Response of bed morphology and surficial sediment to flow events.
Description Chief Scientist: John Chin. High-Resolution Sidescan Sonar data (Kleinsidescan, 3dot5khz, VanVeengrab, boxcore, 200khz, GPS) of field activity J-5-98-SF in Grizzly Bay, Suisun Bay, California from 11/18/1998 to 12/02/1998
Location California
Summary Completed sidescan survey of Grizzly Bay & adjacent areas of Suisun Bay. Completed grab sampling and box coring.
Info derived Bottom type map based on sidescan and textural analyses
Comments physical data holdings San Francisco Bay Seafloor and Sediment. Associated activities: J-2-99-SF J-3-99-SF J-5-98-SF Staff information imported from InfoBank John Chin (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Steve Wolf (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Electronic Tech Fred Payne (USGS Western Region) - Electronic Tech. Gordon Smith (UCSC) - Ship Captain Wilson Lee (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander Dave Schollhamer (USGS Western Region) - Hydrologist Cathy Ruhl (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Projects
Platform
David Johnston
Length 43 feet; beam 14 feet.
Itinerary
Start Benicia 1998-11-18
End Benicia 1998-12-02
Bounds
West -122.1585
East -121.9174
North 38.15777
South 38.02998
Activity High-Resolution Sidescan Sonar

Personnel

Principal investigators Chin, John
Crew members
Michael E Boyle
Scientist, Staff
Lee, Wilson
Scientist, Staff
Payne, Fred
Scientist, Staff
Ruhl, Cathy
Scientist, Staff
Schollhamer, Dave
Scientist, Staff
Wolf, Steve
Scientist, Staff
Smith, Gordon
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Chin, John
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Biology, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Kleinsidescan Sidescan 2
VanVeengrab Geology 1
boxcore Biology, Geology 1
200khz Single Beam (no data reported)
GPS Navigation 8
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Datasets

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity