Summary for Field Activity Number 76048

Area of Operations : Nantucket Shoals, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: December 22, 1976 to December 29, 1976

Chief scientist: Brad Butman
   

Objectives: This WHITEFOOT cruise was planned in response to the ARGO MERCHANT oil spill. Objectives were to deploy 1 current meter mooring (#123) and 1 tripod (#121) to determine subsurface flow pattern over Nantucket Shoals to predict and hindcast oil spill trajectories and monitor bottom conditions, particularly to observe any oil sinking to the bottom. To obtain bottom grab samples at several shallow locations to determine if any oil was reaching the bottom.

Type of Activity: Sampling
Mooring work

Information to be derived: Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis

Summary: Tripod deployed: 1(#121 recovered #77009 WHITEFOOT Mar. 8 - Apr. 17, 1977); Current meter deployed: 1(#123 recovered #77009 WHITEFOOT Mar. 8 - Apr. 17, 1977); Samples: 2(one failed attempt);

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Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)