>Cruise plan, Robert Gordon Sproul, February 18-24, 1998 >Joan M. Bernhard, Chief Scientist > >February 18 (W) >0800 hrs leave MarFac, steam toward Santa Barbara Basin > >February 19 (Th) >0500 hrs arrive on station (34o13.5âN, 120o03âW; ~590 m) >0530 hrs commence coring (multicore or box core depending on > seastate and weather); once undisturbed core on deck, > slowly steam parallel to shipping lanes for most stable ride while > sample processing. >1300 hrs arrive at 34o17.5âN, 120o02âW (~550 m), > commence coring >1600 hrs plankton tow (1hr; begin at 34o16âN, 120oW) >2100 hrs plankton tow (1 hr, same area) > >February 20 (F) >0530 commence coring at 34o13.5âN, 120o03âW (~590 m; > replicate mid-basin) >1230 hrs commence coring at 34o17.5âN, 119o55âW (~490 m) >1630 hrs pick up personnel in Santa Barbara harbor (M. Latz, etc.), > steam toward center of Basin >2200 hrs commence mid-water trawl for shrimp at 34o16.2âN, > 119o55.5âW (M. Latz in charge) > >February 21 (Sa) >0300 hrs end trawling operations >0530 hrs commence coring at 34o17.5âN, 120o02âW (~550 m, replicate) >1200 hrs drop off personnel in Santa Barbara Harbor (M. Latz, etc.), > steam toward Basin >1530 hrs commence coring at either 34o17.5âN, 119o55âW (~490 m) > [OR commence coring at 1800 hrs at 34o13.5âN, 120o03âW; > ~590 m; site depends on success of prior collections] > >February 22 (Su) >0530 hrs commence coring outside basin sill (34o18âN, 120o41âW; 590 m) >1300 hrs* commence coring outside basin sill (34o18âN, 120o41âW; > 590 m replicate) > >February 23 (M) >0530 hrs commence coring at site to be determined, pending prior > collections-- site will be in vicinity of 34o13.5âN, 120o03âW > (i.e., within the basin) >1000 hrs depart for San Diego > >February 24 (Tu) >0800 hrs arrive MarFac > >*If time and weather permit and all desired cores are collected by >1500 hrs on February 22, we will steam to the Santa Monica Basin >(34o46âN, 118o49âW) for coring at one or two stations (approximate >water depth of 940 m) and return to MarFac from there.