Post Field Activity Information for 76049
| Alternate number: | OC 020 |
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| Platform: | |
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| Submersible: | |
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| Owner-Operator: | WHOI, Woods Hole, MA |
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| Captain: | |
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| Center Principal: | Brad Butman |
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Affiliate Principal
(if any): | John Milliman-WHOI |
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| Area of Operations: | Nantucket Shoals, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 40.7 |
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| South: | 40.45 |
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| West: | -70.05 |
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| East: | -69.5 |
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| Start and End Dates: | December 28, 1976 to December 29, 1976 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from Woods Hole, MA to Woods Hole, MA |
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| Days at Sea: | 2 |
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| Project Number: | |
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| Project Title: | ARGO MERCHANT oil spill |
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| Cruise Funding Source: | |
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| Contract: | |
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| Type of Activity: | Sampling
Mooring work
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| Objectives: | Sample to study impact of oil spill. |
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| Information to be derived: | Times series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | |
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Scientific Party
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | John Vermersch-WHOI |
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| Data Curator: | |
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| Navigation techniques used: | |
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| Summary of Results: | Moorings deployed: 2(#124, 125 recovered #77009 WHITEFOOT Mar 3-Apr 17, 1977). |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | |
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| Station Description: | |
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| Number of Submersible Dives: | |
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| Continuous Data (in Km): | |
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| Seismic Line Descriptions: | |
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| Track Plot: | |
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| Related Web Sites: | |
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| Remarks: | This is a WHOI cruise which deployed moorings 124, 125 while collecting samples to delineate ARGO MERCHANT oil spill. |
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| Contact: | John Milliman () |
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Report Date: 14:55 3/1/2006 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
