Summary for Field Activity Number 1995-036-FA

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Alternate Leg ID: 9503

Area of Operations: Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: September 15, 1995 to September 20, 1995

Objectives: Acquire sediment samples, video, and photographic images of the sea bed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank.

Type of Activity: Sampling
Sea floor mapping
Photography

Information to be derived: Grain size analysis
Habitat maps
Sea Floor Map

Summary: Sediment samples: 131; Video transect; Bottom photos: 158 images on 2 photo CDs.

USGS Project Number: 9470-31442

Contact: Page Valentine (pvalentine@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier A-3-95-ST. Visit this site for more information.

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
photo of ANDERSON
ANDERSON
Related Resources: Station DescriptionsSeismic Line DescriptionsTrack PlotRelated Web Site

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

Data and publications on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM:

Inventory ## per setData TypeContentsAuthorYearReport #FormatTitleRemarks
062201/02GEOL PHOTOBOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD259VALENTINE PC19960219INTERNAL ARCHIVE ANDR9503 BOTTOM PHOTOS STELLWAGEN BANK SEPTEMBER 15-20 1995 #5207-1612-2853
062302/02GEOL PHOTOBOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD258VALENTINE PC19960219INTERNAL ARCHIVE ANDR9503 BOTTOM PHOTOS STELLWAGEN BANK SEPTEMBER 15-20 1995 #5207-1612-2854
099501/01PublicationSSS BACKSCATTER MASS BAYVALENTINE PV, BAKER JL, UNGER TL, EVANS J, POLLONI19981216OF98-0344SEA-FLOOR TOPOGRAPHIC BACKSCATTER INTERPRETIVE MAPS BOTTOM PHOTOS MASSACHUSETTS BAY DISPOSAL SITE REGION BOSTON, MACRED 1995?, CONTAINS OF96-273