USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Science Center, MA Field Activity Page for 93006

Summary for Field Activity Number 93006

On-Line Data Resources:	Report	Navigation	GIS	Archive	Geophysics	Sidescan
On-Line Data Resources:	Metadata	Samples	Photography	Time-series	Seismics	Publications

Alternate Leg ID: DE93-03

Area of Operations: southwestern Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: April 19, 1993 to April 27, 1993

Chief scientist: Page Valentine

Objectives: Collaboratiave research with NMFS: echosounding, sidescan sonar surveys, video, and bottom sampling of the southwestern part of Stellwagen Bank to map sedimentary environments and biological habitats.

Type of Activity:

Information to be derived:

Summary: Continuous data collected: 1013 line km of sidescan sonar data comprising 162 sq. km. of continuous coverage (see trackline map). Stations occupied: color video camera (mounted on Van Veen grab) deployed at 56 sites resulted in 52 sediment samples taken in the study area.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Page Valentine (pvalentine@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier D-3-93-ST. Visit this site for more information.

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:

DELAWARE II

Related Resources:	Station Descriptions	Seismic Line Descriptions	Track Plot	Related Web Site

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

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #	Data Type	Form	Format	Amount	Source	Nature	Remarks
104881		NOTEBOOK	LOGFORM	1	WATCHSTANDER	Q-MIPS/NAV
FF0604-FF0616		FLOPPYDISK	MS-DOS	13	GPS	DIGITAL

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