USGS Woods Hole, MA Field Activity Report for 93024

Alternate number:

W13-93

Platform:

WHITE HEATH

Submersible:

Owner-Operator:

USCG-Boston, MA

Captain:

Vernon Shay

Center Principal:

Michael Bothner

Affiliate Principal
(if any):

Area of Operations:

Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Bounding Coordinates

North:

42.4

South:

42.35

West:

-70.8

East:

-70.75

Start and End Dates:

October 5, 1993 to October 6, 1993

Start and End Ports:

from Boston, MA to Boston, MA

Days at Sea:

Project Number:

Project Title:

Cruise Funding Source:

USGS

Contract:

Type of Activity:

Sampling
Mooring work

Objectives:

Recovered moorings #420 and 421 and deployed #428 and 429 in Massachusetts Bay; sediment sampling and subsampling.

Information to be derived:

Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations

Data Types (and Media) Produced:

Scientific Party
(USGS):

Marinna Martini, Joseph Newell, Carol Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, William Strahle, R. Wheatcroft, A. Zimmerman

Scientific Party
(affiliate):

P. Ralston, Wendy Leo - MWRA

Data Curator:

Scientific Equipment:

corer, van Veen grab sampler, moorings, sediment trap, 8 tube traps, 1 Anderson trap

Navigation techniques used:

DGPS

Summary of Results:

Moorings recovered: 2 (#420 and 421 deployed WHITE HEATH FA 93011 Jun. 15-16, 1993). Moorings deployed: 2 (#428 and 429, both recovered FA 94040 WHITE HEATH Feb. 15-17, 2004).

Number of Stations Occupied:

Station Description:

Number of Submersible Dives:

Continuous Data (in Km):

Seismic Line Descriptions:

Track Plot:

Related Web Sites:

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html

Remarks:

Contact:

Michael Bothner (mbothner@usgs.gov)

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