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Summary for Field Activity Number 81009


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Alternate Leg: ID (095)

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

Dates: April 23, 1981 to May 6, 1981

Chief scientist: Brad Butman
   

Objectives: Recover 16 moorings, 3 tripods, 5 buoys; deploy 4 moorings, 2 tripods; recover buoys GKQ unrecovered Oct. and Nov. 1980, OCNS 88, 90 cruises. Collect XBT, CTD and bathymetry data in and around Lydonia Canyon.

Type of Activity:

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

Summary: Moorings deployed: (#223,224,225,226,227,228 all recovered #81034 OCEANUS 104 Sep. 25 - Oct. 2, 1981) Moorings recovered:(#203,204,210,212,213,deployed #80030 OCEANUS 090 Oct. 23-31,1980; #205,207,208,209,211partial,214,215,216,217,218,219,220 deployed #80034 OCEANUS 090 Nov. 24 - Dec. 3, 1980; #221,222 deployed #81002 OCEANUS 091 Jan. 16-22,1981.)

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Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

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