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Summary for Field Activity Number 80034

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Alternate Leg ID: 90

Area of Operations: Georges Bank, Lydonia Canyon, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: November 24, 1980 to December 3, 1980

Chief scientist: Brad Butman

Objectives: Deploy 10 moorings, 1 tripod, 2 buoys; recover 2 tripods, mooring, buoys; collect XBT, CTD, suspended sediment samples in and around Lydonia Canyon; collect bathymetry in canyon axis; collect benthic grabs.

Type of Activity: Mooring work

Information to be derived: Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis

Summary: Moorings deployed: 12 (#205, 207, 208, 209, 211, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, and 220 all recovered FA 81009 OCEANUS 95 Apr. 23 - May 6, 1981). Moorings recovered: 2 (#195 and 196 partial, deployed FA 80009 OCEANUS 81 May 23 - Jun. 1, 1980). XBT stations: 37; Surface salinity: 35; Bathmetry surveys at mooring stations: 5; Hydrographic stations: 38.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier O-90-80-GK. 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	Remarks
100811	BINDER	GRAPH	1	XBT	STRIPCHART
100812	FOLDER-OP	PRNTOUT	1	COMP	MONITOR
101896	ENVELOPE	MIXED	1	TECH	PLOTS&DATA
C 2308-C 2311	CASSETTE	NSTAR	4	NSTAR	DIGITAL
FD1693-FD1694*	FOLDER	PROFILE	2	12K	ANALOG	*FD1694 CONTAINS 088 DATA
100808	LOGBOOK	TABLE	1	TECH	MONITOR	*1980,81 #81002
101897	ENVELOPE	MIXED	1	TECH	PLOTS	#8030

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #	Lines	Folder	Start Time	End Time	Profile Type
01693	1-6	001	01:40 11/30/1980	03:40 11/30/1980	12K-
01693		001	06:10 11/28/1980	06:36 11/28/1980	12K-
01693		001	01:00 11/28/1980	03:45 11/28/1980	12K- SITE#H
01693		001	16:25 11/28/1980	18:25 11/28/1980	12K- STA#K
01693		001	02:40 12/01/1980	03:45 12/01/1980	12K- STA#N
01694		001	15:40 12/01/1980	19:26 12/01/1980	12K-
01694		001	09:30 12/01/1980	10:55 12/01/1980	12K- LAUNCH#LC H
01694		001	: 12/01/1980	23:14 12/01/1980	12K- LAUNCH#LC I
01694		001	: 11/27/1980	: 11/27/1980	12K- LAUNCH#LC K
01694		001	16:35 11/29/1980	17:05 11/29/1980	12K- LAUNCH#LC N
01694		001	21:10 11/27/1980	21:25 11/27/1980	12K- STA#K

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
105178	205	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 205; 19801125-19810502	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL COLOR
105179	208	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 208; 19801129-19910428	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL COLOR
105180	211	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 211; 19801201-19810701	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105181	215	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 215; 19801201-19810429	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W

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