Alternate Leg ID: 0C234
Area of Operations: Massachusetts Bay, Stellwagen Basin, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Dates: January 31, 1991 to February 01, 1991
Objectives: Deploy surface buoys and instrumentation at 6 sites in greater Massachusetts Bay. This winter experiment is designed to study the resuspension and transport of fine-grained sediments by winter storms.
Type of Activity: Mooring work Sampling
Information to be derived: Time series data Samples and Chemical Analysis Grain size analysis Suspended Sediment Concentrations
Summary: Deployed USGS Moorings: 4 (#369, 370, 371 and 372). Box cores: 8. Deployed UNH surface buoy and current meters: 2. Deployed UNH pressure gauge: 1. Deployed Surface drifters: 2 (#8172 and 8173).
USGS Project Number: PTRACE
Contact: Bill Strahle (bstrahle@usgs.gov)
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