Alternate Leg: ID (088) Area of Operations : Mid-Atlantic Continental Shelf, Wilmington Canyon, Georges Bank, Lydonia Canyon, United States, North America, North Atlantic Dates: October 23, 1980 to October 31, 1980 Chief scientist: Brad Butman
Objectives: Recover 3 tripods, 3 moorings, 7 buoys on shelf; deploy 3 tripods,4 moorings in and around Lydonia Canyon; conduct XBT, CTD, suspended sediment samples along shelf transects and in Lydonia Canyon; obtain grabs at tripod stations head Lydonia Canyon; seasonal benthic samples, Type of Activity: Sampling;Mooring work; Information to be derived: Times series data;Samples and Chemical Analysis;Mooring and bouy deployment/recovery Summary: Moorings deployed: 8(#203, 204 both recovered #81009 OCEANUS 095 Apr 3-May 6, 1981; #206 recovered #81002 OCEANUS 091 Jan 16-22, 1981; #210, 212, 213 recovered #81009 OCEANUS 095 Apr 3-May 6, 1981;). Moorings recovered: 5 (#193,194,196 partial,197,198 deployed #80009 OCEANUS 081 May 23-Jun 1, 1980) Surface buoys deployed: 6 (K,M,Q,U,V,R); Surface buoys recovered: 3(A,S,T); Lost: 1 VACM(from #198). USGS Project Number:
Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)
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