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Summary for Field Activity Number 79035

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:

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

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #Data TypeFormFormatAmountSourceNatureRemarks
100299BINDER-OPPRNTOUT1LORAN CMONITOR
C 2022-C 2025CASSETTENSTAR4NSTARDIGITAL
FD1465FOLDERPROFILE112K/SSSANALOG

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #LinesFolderStart TimeEnd TimeProfile TypeRemarks
01465O-N 00108:00 12/14/197908:40 12/14/1979 12K- GR S CHANNEL
01465 00113:02 12/14/197914:53 12/14/1979 12K- GR S CHANNEL
01465 00111:20 12/14/197912:55 12/14/1979 12K- DEPT SURVEYGR S CHANNEL
01465 00120:10 12/14/197921:45 12/14/1979 12K- DEPT SURVEYGR S CHANNEL
01465Q 001: 12/12/1979: 12/12/1979 SSS- DEPT SURVEYGR 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 #SourceData TypeContentsLocationRemarks
105169183USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 183; 19791215-19800529WHOI-DLORIGINAL COLOR
105170184USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 184; 19791214-19800527WHOI-DLORIGINAL COLOR
105171185USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 185; 19791213-19800527WHOI-DLORIGINAL B+W
105172186USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 186; 19791217-19800523WHOI-DLORIGINAL B+W
105173187USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 187; 19791219-19800525WHOI-DLORIGINAL COLOR
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