USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Science Center, MA Field Activity Page for 78001

Summary for Field Activity Number 78001

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Alternate Leg ID: OC 38

Area of Operations: Middle Atlantic Bight, Georges Bank, New Jersey Continental Shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: January 19, 1978 to January 26, 1978

Chief scientist: Brad Butman

Objectives: Retrieve 2 tripods and 1 current mooring; deploy 4 tripods and 3 current moorings; and conduct XBT and CTD observations as weather and time permit.

Type of Activity:

Information to be derived: Time series data
Grain size analysis

Summary: Moorings recovered: 3 (#135, 136 and 137 all deployed FA 77032 ADVANCE II Sep. 7-23, 1977). Tripods deployed: 4 (#138, 139, 140, and 141 all recovered FA 78010 OCEANUS 45 May 10-18, 1978). Current Moorings deployed: 3 (#144, 145, and 146 all recovered FA 78010 OCEANUS 45 May 10-18, 1978). Surface salinity samples: 130; XBT: 96; CTD: 31; Surface grabs samples: 6 (USGS stations 4700-4705).

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier O-38-78-NA. Visit this site for more information.

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:

OCEANUS

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 #	Data Type	Form	Format	Amount	Source	Nature	Remarks
101560		BINDER	MIXED	1	XBT	MONITOR	STA# 5-130-XEROX

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 #	Source	Data Type	Contents	Location	Remarks
105142	138	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 138; 19780120-19780511	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105143	138	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 138; 19780120-19780511	WHOI-DL	B+W
105144	139	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 139; 19780124-19780511	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL COLOR
105145	140	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 140; 19780122-19780515	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL COLOR
105146	141	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 141; 19780122-19780514	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105147	141	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 141; 19780122-19780514	WHOI-DL	B+W

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