USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Science Center, MA Field Activity Page for 79035

Summary for Field Activity Number 79035

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Alternate Leg ID: OC 77

Area of Operations: Georges Bank, Mid-Atlantic Shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: December 13, 1979 to December 20, 1979

Chief scientist: Brad Butman

Objectives: Deploy 5 tripods and current moorings; recover 3 tripods and current moorings; repair/replace surface buoys; conduct cross-shelf CTD sections; obtain bottom grab samples; and conduct a bathymetric and sidescan survey in the Great South Channel.

Type of Activity: Mooring work
Physical Oceanography

Information to be derived: Time series data
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Bathymetric Maps

Summary: Deployed tripods: 5 (#183, 184, 185, 186, and 187 all recovered FA 80009 OCEANUS 81 May 23 - Jun. 1, 1980). Deployed current meters: 4 (#188, no recovery information, fishing boat netted buoys and camera Mar. 25, 1980; 189, 190, and 192 all recovered FA 80009 OCEANUS 81 May 23 - Jun. 1, 1980). Recovered tripods: 2 (#176 and 179). Recovered current meters: 2 (#181 and 182). CTDs: 10; XBTs: 49; Surface salinity samples: 57.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier O-77-79-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 #	Form	Format	Amount	Source	Nature
100299	BINDER-OP	PRNTOUT	1	LORAN C	MONITOR
C 2022-C 2025	CASSETTE	NSTAR	4	NSTAR	DIGITAL
FD1465	FOLDER	PROFILE	1	12K/SSS	ANALOG

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #	Lines	Folder	Start Time	End Time	Profile Type	Remarks
01465	O-N	001	08:00 12/14/1979	08:40 12/14/1979	12K-	GR S CHANNEL
01465		001	13:02 12/14/1979	14:53 12/14/1979	12K-	GR S CHANNEL
01465		001	11:20 12/14/1979	12:55 12/14/1979	12K- DEPT SURVEY	GR S CHANNEL
01465		001	20:10 12/14/1979	21:45 12/14/1979	12K- DEPT SURVEY	GR S CHANNEL
01465	Q	001	: 12/12/1979	: 12/12/1979	SSS- DEPT SURVEY	GR S CHANNEL

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
105169	183	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 183; 19791215-19800529	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL COLOR
105170	184	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 184; 19791214-19800527	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL COLOR
105171	185	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 185; 19791213-19800527	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105172	186	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 186; 19791217-19800523	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105173	187	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 187; 19791219-19800525	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL COLOR

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