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  SoCal Hazards Survey  -  2014  -  Robert Gordon Sproul  
  Project Information  
Project Title: Earthquake hazards of the Southern California Borderlands Project Status: Submitted
Principal Investigator: Daniel Brothers, USGS-PCMSC Project Institution: USGS_SantaCruz
Project ID: 104571 Version #: 2
Date Submitted: 9/9/2014 6:09:00 PM Created By: Daniel Brothers
Date Last Modified: 12/3/2014 8:57:00 PM URI Serial #: None
Funding Agencies: USGS - NONE - Funded
Summary of Field Work: High-resolution multichannel seismic reflection survey of active faults and submarine landslides offshore southern California. The USGS has a mission to understand offshore hazards and will be working cooperatively with scientists and students from UC Santa Cruz and Scripps. USGS will need a maximum of 6 berths; UC personnel will use remaining berths.

USGS will bring a 48-channel digital streamer, tail buoy, depth control birds and all peripheral topside computers. The streamer is roughly 350 m in length and will be towed behind the vessel. We will use a low-energy sparker acoustic source that falls within a permissible range described in the USGS Sound Source Categorical Exclusion Handbook. Sparker soundings will occur once every 3-5 seconds for the duration of the survey.
Summary of Facility Requirements: We will need a forklift and crane to load gear onto the R/V Sproul.
Summary of other requirements and comments: Once underway, we will be conducting 24-hr operations.
Ship Request Identification
Type of Request: Collaborative Ship Use Request Status: Submitted
Request ID: 1007322 Created By: Daniel Brothers
Date Last Modified: 12/3/2014 8:56:00 PM Date Submitted: 9/9/2014 6:09:00 PM
Requested Ship, Operating Days and Dates
Year: 2014 Ship/Facility: Robert Gordon Sproul
Optimum Start Date: 11/13/2014 Dates to Avoid: avoid Thanksgiving (Nov 27-30), and if possible, avoid Veterans Day
 
 
Earliest Start Date: 11/4/2014 Multi-Ship Op: No
Latest Start Date: 11/13/2014 Other Ship(s):

Operating Days Needed: Science Days Mob Days De-Mob Days Estimated Transit Days Total Days
7 2 1 1 11
Repeating Cruise?
(within same year)
No Interval:   # of Cruises:  

Description of Repeating cruise requirements:
Justification/Explanation for ship choice, dates,
conflicts, number of days & multi-ship operations:
Sproul is best option for high-resolution geophysical surveys offshore CA. It's the only vessel that is within USGS budget constraints.
Work Area for Cruise
Short Description of Op Area
for use in schedules:
Southern Cal
Description of Op Area: Catalina Basin, Santa Cruz Basin
Op Area Size/Dia.:  
 
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
32.933088° N / 117.773703° W map
120 map
NP09 map
Ending
30.546° N / 128.919° W map
121 map
NP09 map
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Foreign Clearance and Permitting Requirements
Foreign Clearance Required? No Coastal States:
 Important Info on Foreign Research Clearances  

Are you or any member in your science party bringing in any science equipment items which are regulated for export by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR)?
No If yes, have you applied for the necessary permits through your export control office? No
 Questions about ITAR/EAR regulations?

Comments about foreign clearance requirements or
description of any other special permitting requirements
(e.g., MMPA, ESA, IHA, Marine Sanctuaries, etc.)
Port Calls
Requested Start Port Intermediate Port(s) Requested End Port
None None None
Explanation/justification for requested
ports and dates of intermediate stops
or to list additional port stops
 

 Important Info on Working in Foreign Ports

 
Science Party
Chief Scientist: Daniel Brothers, USGS-PCMSC
# in Science Party 11 # of different science teams 2 # Marine Technicians to be
provided by ship operator:
(include in science party total)
1
Explanation of Science Party Requirements and Technician Requirements USGS will provide technical staff. Would be good to have someone on board that can operate the crane in case we need it.
Instrumentation Requirements That Impact Scheduling Decisions
Unselected Dynamic PositioningUnselected ADCPUnselected MultibeamSelected Seismic
Unselected Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl WireUnselected Stern A-frameUnselected Fiber Optic (.681)Unselected 0.680 Coax Wire
Unselected SCUBA DivingUnselected Radioisotope use - briefly describeUnselected NO Radioisotope use/Natural level workUnselected Other Operator Provided Inst. - Describe
0 PI-Provided Vans - briefly describe Unselected MOCNESS  
Explain Instrumentation or Capability
requirements that could affect choice
of ship in scheduling.

Major Ancillary Facilities (that require coordination of schedules with ship schedule)
Aircraft
Unselected Helicopter Ops (USCG)Unselected Twin OtterUnselected Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) 
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Unselected Other AUVUnselected Sentry  
Coring Facility
Unselected Jumbo Piston CoringUnselected Large Gravity Core Unselected MC800 multicorer w/ MISO camera/telemetryUnselected OSU Coring Facility (MARSSAM)
Unselected Other Large Coring FacilityUnselected WHOI Long Core  
Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV)
Unselected AlvinUnselected Clelia (HBOI)Unselected JSL I & II (HBOI)Unselected Other HOV
Other Facility
Unselected MISO Facility - deep-sea imagingUnselected Other FacilityUnselected Potential Fields Pool Equipment 
Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
Unselected JasonUnselected Other ROV  
Seismic Facility
Unselected Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Center (OBSIC)Unselected Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool (OBSIP)Unselected Ocean-Bottom Seismometer Program (UTIG)Selected Other Seismic/OBS Facility
Unselected PASSCALUnselected Portable MCS groupUnselected Portable MCS/SCS groupUnselected U.S. Geological Survey Ocean Bottom Seismometer Facility (USGS at WHOI)
Towed Underwater Vehicle
Unselected ARGO IIUnselected Hawaii MR1 (HMRG)Unselected IMI12 (HMRG)Unselected IMI120 (HMRG - formerly DSL 120A)
Unselected IMI30 (HMRG)Unselected Other Towed Underwater VehicleUnselected Towfish 
UNOLS Van Pool
Unselected AUV Lab Van #1Unselected Clean Lab VanUnselected Cold Lab VanUnselected General Purpose Lab Van
Unselected Radioisotope Lab VanUnselected Wet Lab Van  
UNOLS Winch Pool
Unselected Mooring SpoolerUnselected Portable WinchUnselected Turn Table 
Explain Major Ancillary Facilities
Requirements and list description
and provider for "other" systems.

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