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Summary for Field Activity Number 81034

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Alternate Leg ID: OC104

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

Dates: September 25, 1981 to October 2, 1981

Chief scientist: Brad Butman

Objectives: Recover 2 tripods and 4 subsurface moorings. Deploy 2 tripods and 6 subsurface moorings (2 w/ deep instrument package). Set 2 surface marker buoys. Collect surface grab samples at A, Q, and LCA for biology. Deploy and recover experimental water sampling system. Collect surface grab samples around Station K.

Type of Activity: Mooring work

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

Summary: Moorings deployed: 10 (#229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, and 237, all recovered FA 82001 OCEANUS Jan. 26 - Feb. 4, 1982; and #238 recovered this cruise). Surface buoys deployed: 4 (A,B,O,P). Surface buoys recovered: 2 (R,V). Moorings recovered: 7 (#223, 224, 225, 226, 227, and 228 all deployed FA 81009 OCEANUS 095 Apr. 23 - May 6, 1981; #238 deployed this cruise). CTD stations: 35; XBT stations: 25; Surface salinity samples: 56; Surface grab samples: 58; Bathymetric survey.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier O-4-81-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
101162	NOTEBOOK	TABLE	1	XBT/CTD	MONITOR
101355	LONGBINDER	GRAPH	1	CTD	PLOT
101356	ENVELOPE	PRNTOUT	1	LORAN C	MONITOR
101357	LOGBOOK	TABLE	1	TECH	MONITOR
101898	ENVELOPE	MIXED	1	MIXED	PLOTS&DATA
104325	FOLDER	MIXED	1	MIXED	MIXED	RANGES&PLOTS
FD1692	FOLDER	PROFILE	1	12K	ANALOG
T 2458-T 2466	MAGTAPE	CTD	9	CTD	DATA

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #	Lines	Folder	Start Time	End Time	Profile Type	Remarks
01692		001	22:55 09/25/1981	02:46 09/26/1981	12K-

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
105185	229	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 229; 19810926-19820128	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105186	231	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 231; 19810927-19820127	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105187	234	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 234; 19810927-19820131	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W
105188	237	USGS-WHFC	BOTTOMPHOTO	TRIPOD 237; 19810926-19820128	WHOI-DL	ORIGINAL B+W

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