USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Science Center, MA Field Activity Page for 85024

Summary for Field Activity Number 85024

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Alternate Leg ID: 85G-07-3

Area of Operations: Rodgers Pass, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: July 24, 1985 to July 26, 1985

Chief scientist: Brad Butman

Objectives: Deploy a single current meter mooring (#301) in Rodgers Pass, in the sill between Georges Basin and Wilkinson Basin. The mooring will monitor the seasonal flow of slope water between these two basins and will complement measurements by D. Brooks (TAMU) in Wilkinson Basin.

Type of Activity: Seafloor mapping
Mooring work

Information to be derived: Time series data
Bathymetric Maps

Summary: XBT Stations: 20; Mooring deployed: 1 (#301 recovered FA 86011 EDWIN LINK Jul. 20 - Aug. 1, 1986, with FA 86012 MARY LOUISE Jul. 20-22, 1986).

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier G-3-85-GU. Visit this site for more information.

- Download 85024.kml to view this field activity in Google Earth

Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:

GYRE

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
104211	BINDER-OP	MIXED	1	COMP	XBT
104212	ENVELOPE	TABLE	1	TECH	XBT-LOCATIONS
104213	ENVELOPE	TABLE	1	TECH	NOTES
FD1934	FOLDER	PROFILE	1	12K	ANALOG	BATHY&XBT

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #	Lines	Folder	Start Time	End Time	Profile Type	Remarks
01934	XBT-1-XBT-20	001	09:55 07/25/1985	19:44 07/25/1985	12K- BATHY&XBT

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