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Summary for Field Activity Number 75032

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Area of Operations : Middle Atlantic Bight, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: December 10, 1975 to December 12, 1975

Chief scientist: Brad Butman, David Folger
   

Objectives: The objective of the ATLANTIC TWIN cruise was to deploy three bottom instrument packages (#104, 105, 106)on the Mid-Atlantic continental shelf to study the frequency, rate and processes of bottom sediment transport.

Type of Activity: Mooring work

Information to be derived: Times series data

Summary: Working days:2; Ship track:270nm (478 km); Tripods deployed:3 (#104 CINDY, #105 DEBBIE both recovered #76003 WHITEFOOT Feb 21-27, 1976; #106 JERRY recovered #76001 SASSAFRAS Jan 14-17, 1976.)

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Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
photo of ATLANTIC TWIN
ATLANTIC TWIN
On-Line Resources: Station Descriptions Seismic Line DescriptionsTrack PlotRelated Web Site

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


Films (35 and 16mm) containing original data films and archived data microfilm. Original films are stored in the WHOI Data Library/Archive film vault. Cabinet storage is in the USGS-WHSC Data Library/Archive
Inventory #Other #SourceData TypeContentsLocationRemarks
105122104USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 104; 19751210-?WHOI-DLORIGINAL B+W
105123105USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 105; 19751211-?WHOI-DLORIGINAL B+W

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