

1997c
Cruise Description

The third of four seasonal cruises consisted of
one river mile 53 12-hour series, four 30-hour (2
neap, 2 spring) channel contrast series, one
(Baker) bay outwash 8-hour series, and four flood
and two ebb ETM event high-resolution and depth
stratum series.

Vessels

The R/V Robert Gordon Sproul, from Scripps
Oceanographic Institute in San Diego, CA, was
utilized for sedimentological, geochemical,
microbial and ecological investigations.

Geophysical investigations in were conducted from
the R/V Clifford Barnes, a research vessel from
the University of Washington's School of
Oceanography in Seattle, WA.

Coding explanation for sampling series:

     Letter Code: U upstream; D downstream;
     N neap tide; S spring tide; E ebb; F
     flood
     First Digit: Tidal Series
     Second Digit: Sequence in Tidal Series

     Example: U11 refers to the first
     sequence in the first upstream tidal
     series.

Sampling Series Sampling Series  Dates
                Locations
     U11        River Mile 53,   10/06/1997 -
                Beaver Dock      10/06/1997
     D11                         10/07/1997 -
                Hammond
                                 10/08/1997
     N11                         10/09/1997 -
                Buoy 39
                                 10/10/1997
     N12                         10/11/1997 -
                North Channel B
                                 10/12/1997
     E11                         10/13/1997 -
                Buoy 39
                                 10/13/1997
     F11                         10/13/1997 -
                Buoy 39
                                 10/13/1997
     F12                         10/14/1997 -
                Buoy 39
                                 10/14/1997
     E12                         10/14/1997 -
                North Channel B
                                 10/14/1997
     F13                         10/14/1997 -
                North Channel B
                                 10/14/1997
     F14                         10/15/1997 -
                North Channel B
                                 10/15/1997
     E13        Sand Island      10/15/1997 -
                Channel          10/15/1997
     S11                         10/16/1997 -
                North Channel B
                                 10/17/1997
     S12                         10/18/1997 -
                Buoy 39
                                 10/19/1997






