Summary for Field Activity Number 92009

Alternate Leg ID: 92-1

Area of Operations: eastern Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound, Connecticut, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: June 2, 1992 to June 10, 1992

Chief scientist: Lawrence Poppe
   Ralph Lewis, CGS

Objectives: Bottom sampling and photography to determine textural distributions of surficial sediments, to relate these distributions to active sedimentary processes, and to evaluate potential near-shore sand and gravel resources; benthic biologic sampling to evaluate the faunal distributions and concentrations and relate them to habitats within a previously collected sidescan mosaic; and sediment sampling to examine the present trace metal concentrations within and outside the dredge-spoil dumpsites off the Thames River estuary.

Type of Activity: Sampling

Information to be derived:

Summary: Sediment samples: 297; Bottom photography: 300 stations; Benthic biology: 60 samples; Geochemical: 29 samples.

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Contact: Larry Poppe (lpoppe@usgs.gov)

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