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		Citation:
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				Originator: Michael Bothner
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			Abstract:
				    Moorings deployed: 2(#336,337 recovered 
				#90026 OCEANUS 222 Aug 2-7, 1990.)
			Purpose:
				    To test the hypothesis that particles 
				from municipal sewage sludge disposal 
				at Deep-water dumpsite 106 can be detected 
				on the deep-sea floor in the vicinity 
				of this dump site (2250-2750 m water 
				depth).  USGS objectives were to construct 
				a detailed bathymetric map using Sea 
				Beam (URI), deploy instruments to moniter 
				currents and sediment transport, and 
				to collect samples to evaluate rates 
				of sediment mixing and accumulation 
				and levels of chemical contaminants 
				in surficial sediments.  Data aCquired 
				include a Sea Beam bathymetric map and 
				digitally recorded depth data from a 
				survey area of about 520 nmi2, (or about 
				1750 km2), sediment samples from gravity 
				cores and Alvin-manipulated cores (some 
				cores were subsampled at sea), the usual 
				video, camera, and audio descriptive 
				data generated by ALVIN.  Current-meter 
				and sediment-trap data retrieval tentatively 
				scheduled for OCEANUS cruise in May 
				1990.
		Time_Period_of_Content: 
			Time_Period_Information: 
				Beginning_Date: 19890916
				Ending_Date: 19890926
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			Progress: In Work
			Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed
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			Bounding_Coordinates: 
				West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.5
				East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.5
				North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41
				South_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.5
		Keywords: 
			Theme: 
				Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
				Theme_Keyword: Sampling
				Theme_Keyword: Mooring work
				Theme_Keyword: Seafloor mapping
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			Place: 
				Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
				Place_Keyword: Continental Rise offshore New Jersey
				Place_Keyword:  New York
				Place_Keyword:  DWDS 106
				Place_Keyword:  United States
				Place_Keyword:  North America
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		Point_Of_Contact:
			Contact_Information:
				Contact_Person_Primary:
					Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
				Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
					Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
					City: Woods Hole
					State_or_Province: MA
					Postal_Code: 02543
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			Metadata_Reference_Information:
				Metadata_Date: 20080116
				Metadata_Contact:
					Contact_Information:
						Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
						Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
						City: Woods Hole
						State_or_Province: MA
						Postal_Code: 02543
					Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
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				Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608