USGS Woods Hole, MA Field Activity Report for 80030

Alternate number:

088

Platform:

OCEANUS

Submersible:

Owner-Operator:

WHOI, Woods Hole, MA

Captain:

Paul C. Howland-WHOI, Master

Center Principal:

Brad Butman

Affiliate Principal
(if any):

Area of Operations:

Mid-Atlantic Continental Shelf, Wilmington Canyon, Georges Bank, Lydonia Canyon, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Bounding Coordinates

North:

41.0902777777778

South:

38.4902777777778

West:

-73.8044444444444

East:

-67.2002777777778

Start and End Dates:

October 23, 1980 to October 31, 1980

Start and End Ports:

from Woods Hole, MA to Woods Hole, MA

Days at Sea:

Project Number:

Project Title:

Cruise Funding Source:

Contract:

Type of Activity:

Sampling
Mooring work

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,

Information to be derived:

Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Mooring and buoy deployment/recovery

Data Types (and Media) Produced:

Scientific Party
(USGS):

Brad Butman, Chief Scientist; Michael Bothner, Scott Chalker, John Larson, Frank Musialowski, Marlene Noble, Carol Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, William Strahle;

Scientific Party
(affiliate):

Nancy Copley, William MacLeish, Rose Petrecca-WHOI

Data Curator:

Scientific Equipment:

Northstar Loran-C cassette recorder, Gifft E/S, XBT, Neil Brown CTD, Smith-MacIntyre grab, Van Veen grab, AMF acoustic command system

Tripod at L malfunctioned, will be deployed Nov. 1980 OCNS cruise. Tripod at GBK line parted, will be recovered on Nov. 1980 Oceanus cruise.

Navigation techniques used:

Northstar Loran

Summary of Results:

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).

Number of Stations Occupied:

Station Description:

Number of Submersible Dives:

Continuous Data (in Km):

Seismic Line Descriptions:

Track Plot:

Related Web Sites:

Remarks:

Contact:

Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

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