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Summary for Field Activity Number 90002


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Alternate Leg: ID (W2-90)

Area of Operations : Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: Mar 27, 1990 to Mar 29, 1990

Chief scientist: Michael Bothner
   

Objectives: The objective of the program is to make long-term measurements of currents and sediment transport in the vicinity of the proposed ocean outfall in Massachusetts Bay. The purpose of this cruise was to recover and redeploy the instrumented moorings. Mooring design is shown in figure 2. Samples of bottom sediments are collected on each cruise required to service the instruments. This was the second in a series of six cruises during the 2 year period of the present Joint Funding Agreement between the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the USGS.

Type of Activity: Sampling;Mooring work;

Information to be derived: Times series data;Samples and Chemical Analysis;Suspended Sediment Concentrations;

Summary: Moorings deployed: 2(#340,341 recovered #90016 WHITE HEATH July 10-11, 1990). Moorings recovered: 2 (#338, 339 deployed #89035 WHITE HEATH Dec 5-6, 1989.)

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Contact: Michael Bothner (mbothner@usgs.gov)

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform: WHITE HEATH

Platform Info:
photo of WHITE HEATH

On-Line Resources: Station Descriptions Seismic Line DescriptionsTrack PlotRelated Web Site

The following materials for this field activity are available in the Information Archives:

Data and publications on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM:

Inventory ## per setData TypeContentsAuthorYearReport #FormatTitleRemarks
115401/01GEOL SAMPSAMPLE MASS BAY OUTFALL1989-01RENDIGS RR, BOTHNER MH200208021OF01-0499INTERNAL ARCHIVE WEBSITE TEMPORAL CHANGES GRAINSIZE ORGANIC MINERAL AGGREGATES SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS MASS BAY OUTFALLW2-W26, MH27-MH36
185701/01GEOLMASS BAY BOTHNER NOTEBOOKSBOTHNER MH, CASSO M20031216INTERNAL ARCHIVE MASS BAY CORE SAMPLE LOGS 1988-2003
239001/01PO, GEOLMASS BAY PO, PHOTO 1989-1992BUTMAN, BOTHNER, ALEXANDER, LIGHTSOM, MARTINI,*20040000DDS-0074INTERNAL ARCHIVE LONG-TERM OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BAY OFFSHORE BOSTON DATA REPORT 1989-2002 VER 2.0*GUTIERREZ, STRAHLE ; RESTON DUPE WTHT 1989-1998.

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