Alternate Leg: ID (081) Area of Operations : Mid-Atlantic Shelf, Great South Channel, southern flank Georges Bank, Oceanographer Canyon, Lydonia Canyon, Atlantic Continental Shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic Dates: May 23, 1980 to June 1, 1980 Chief scientist: Brad Butman
Objectives: Recover 5 tripods, 4 current moorings, deploy 3 tripods, 3 current moorings, replace surface buoys; conduct CTD s, XBT s; obtain box cores; surface grabs at tripod sites; sidescan survey at Georges Bank sandwave area and head of Lydonia Canyon; conduct hydrographic and suspended sediment transects, collect bathymetry in Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons. Type of Activity: Sampling
Mooring work
Information to be derived: Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Time series data
Summary: Moorings recovered: 1(#192, deployed #79035 OCEANUS 077 Dec. 13-20, 1979, ). Moorings deployed:6 (#193,194,196,197,198 all recovered #80030 OCEANUS 088 Oct. 23-31, 1980; #195 recovered #80034 OCEANUS 090 Nov. 24 - Dec. 3, 1980.) USGS Project Number:
Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)
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