Alternate Leg: ID (122) Area of Operations : Lydonia Canyon, Oceanographer Canyon, Georges Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Dates: July 6, 1982 to July 15, 1982 Chief scientist: Brad Butman
Objectives: 1. Recover current moorings in Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons. 2. Deploy current moorings in Lydonia Canyon and Lease Block 312. 3. Obtain surface grab samples on shelf and slope adjacent to Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons. 4. Obtain hydrostatically damped cores at Lease Block 312, 410 and head of Lydonia Canyon. 5. Obtain piston cores at head of Lydonia Canyon. 6. Conduct hydrographic survey of shelf and slope adjacent to Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons; 7. Recover and redeploy surface marker buoys as required; 8. Conduct bathymetric survey in Lydonia Canyon Type of Activity: Sampling;Mooring work;Bathymeteric surveying Information to be derived: Samples and Chemical Analysis;Bathymetric Maps;Mooring recovery and deployment. Summary: Multiple samples taken. Surface buoys recovered: 6; Surface buoys deployed: 6; Moorings recovered: 13(Lydonia Canyon #240, 241, 242, 251, 247, 243, 244, 245, 246; Oceanographers Canyon #248, 249, 250, #255 dragged. Recovered buoys C&F at station GBS. Mooring #253 lost; #254 recovered by fisherman Beaufort Sea Horse; . Moorings deployed: 6(Lydonia Canyon, #257 recovered #82043 WHITEFOOT Aug 12, 1982, #258, 259,260,261,262 all recovered #82037 OCEANUS 130 Nov 9-16, 1982). USGS Project Number:
Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)
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Map for Area of Operations :
Platform: OCEANUS |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
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