Post Field Activity Information for 90041
| Alternate number: | W4-90 |
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| Platform: | 
WHITE HEATH |
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| Submersible: | |
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| Owner-Operator: | USCG-Boston, MA |
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| Captain: | |
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| Center Principal: | Michael Bothner |
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Affiliate Principal
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| Area of Operations: | western Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 42.4 |
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| South: | 42.35 |
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| West: | -70.8 |
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| East: | -70.7 |
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| Start and End Dates: | October 23, 1990 to October 24, 1990 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from USCG Base, Boston, MA to USCG Base, Boston, MA |
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| Days at Sea: | 2 |
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| Cruise Funding Source: | USGS, MWRA, USCG |
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| Contract: | |
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| Type of Activity: | Sampling
Mooring work
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| Objectives: | Conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in Western Massachusetts Bay. Exchange tripod, subsurface mooring and near-surface current meter. |
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| Information to be derived: | Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | 9 cores, 12 grabs, tripod and mooring data, sed trap and suspended matter samples from moorings. |
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Scientific Party
(USGS): | Michael Bothner, Adam Brown, Brad Butman, Fran Hotchkiss, Marinna Martini, Carol Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, William Strahle, Magela Moffett |
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | MWRA representative |
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| Data Curator: | |
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| Scientific Equipment: | Hydraulically damped corer, Van Veen grab, gravity corer, time-series sediment trap, suspended matter sampler, 8 tube traps, 1 Anderson trap mounted on a sub-surface mooring, tripod and near-surface current meter.
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| Navigation techniques used: | LORAN-C and triangulation by WHITE HEATH |
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| Summary of Results: | Moorings deployed: 2 (#358 and 359, recovered FA 91005 WHITE HEATH Feb. 12-13, 1991). Moorings recovered: 2 (#347 and 348 deployed FA 90016 WHITE HEATH Jul. 10-11, 1990). |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | |
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| Station Description: | |
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| Number of Submersible Dives: | |
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| Continuous Data (in Km): | |
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| Seismic Line Descriptions: | |
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| Track Plot: | |
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| Related Web Sites: | http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html |
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| Remarks: | NO CRUISE REPORT, only detailed pre-cruise report available. |
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| Contact: | Michael Bothner (mbothner@usgs.gov) |
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Report Date: 11:17 1/7/2008 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey