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Summary for Field Activity Number 75004

Area of Operations: southwestern Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: May 7, 1975 to May 9, 1975

Chief scientist: Brad Butman
   John Vermersch - MIT

Objectives: Deploy mooring #GBK1 (USGS mooring #101) on the southwest part of Georges Bank.

Type of Activity: Mooring work

Information to be derived:

Summary: Mooring #GBK1, AKA #101, was deployed with 3 VACMs and one FILM CM; 2 surface buoys were deployed to bracket the subsurface mooring. Ship track: 410 nm.

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Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier S-1-75-GK. Visit this site for more information.

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
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