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Students Tour M/V Auriga in Redwood City, CA By Helen Gibbons July 2002 in this issue:  previous story | next story Above: Ray Sliter addresses students on the M/V Auriga. Below: Dave Hogg answers students' questions on the M/V Auriga. On June 13, about 40 students from Emerson School in Palo Alto, CA, toured the motor vessel (M/V) Auriga at the Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP)'s Marine Facility (Marfac) in Redwood City, CA. The 146-ft contract vessel had arrived at Marfac on June 10 for installation of equipment and portable workshops, labs, and offices for USGS scientists preparing to run geophysical surveys off Southern California. Dave Hogg, Carol Reiss, Ray Sliter, and Terry Bruns greeted the students and gave them tours of Marfac and the Auriga. Ranging from fourth to eighth grade, the students were impressed by all that they saw, and several asked whether they could drive the 40-ton crane used to lift equipment onto the vessel. They accepted the inevitable answer ("no") with good grace. The following day, June 14, the Auriga headed down the coast to run geophysical surveys in support of fault studies off Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. USGS Marine Facility (Marfac) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, Redwood City, CA) in this issue:  previous story | next story

July 2002 Mailing List: Sign up to receive monthly email updates: print this issue in this issue: cover story: Sea Otter Numbers Slide for Second Straight Year Lake Mead Sediment Study Salmon & Trout Habitat Students Tour M/V Auriga Williams' Presentation on Videotape Benthic-Habitat Symposium Caribbean Climate Change Conference Regional Syntheses Scientists Speak in Reston & D.C. Remote-Sensing Conference Sea-Survival Course Regional Geologist Visits WHFC New WHFC Employees New Student Interns WHFC Labs Pass Audit Award-Winning Student Volunteer Contaminated Sediment - Special Issue of Continental Shelf Research July Publications List

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