USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Science Center, MA Field Activity Page for 75027

Summary for Field Activity Number 75027

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Alternate Leg ID: USGS Borehole No. 6001

Area of Operations: Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Dates: November 9, 1975 to February 1, 1976

Chief scientist: John Hathaway
H. Peyton Herman - US Army Corp of Engineers (USACOE)

Objectives: Drill a continuous core well near the geographic center of Nantucket Island to assess the total thickness of freshwater in sediments and to obtain new stratigraphic information near the shoreward margin of the Georges Bank basin.

Type of Activity: Well 6001

Information to be derived: Morphology
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis

Summary: Depth: 514 m. Data: cores; pore water samples; salinity values; electric logs; photos.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Jack Hathaway (jhathaway@usgs.gov)

Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:

Nantucket

Related Resources:	Station Descriptions	Seismic Line Descriptions	Track Plot	Related Web Site

The following materials for this field activity are available in the Information Archives:

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #	Form	Format	Amount	Source	Nature	Remarks
103662	BINDER	LOGFORM	1	TECH	CORE LOG*	*75-76, VISUAL CORE DESCRIPTION
103663	BINDER	LOGFORM	1	TECH	SAMPLE LOG*	*75-76,CORE LOG,SAL,POR,HYDROC,SECTN
103664	BINDER	LOGFORM	1	TECH	SAMPLE LOG*	*75-76,DUPLICATE LOGS

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