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Summary for Field Activity Number 96023

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Alternate Leg: ID (W22-96)

Area of Operations : Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: October 1, 1996 to October 2, 1996

Chief scientist: Michael Bothner
   Frederic L. Sayles - WHOI

Objectives: 22nd cruise monitoring currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay: Recover/redeploy standard tripod, small tripod - ADCP, suspended sediment sampler, hydraulically damped corer, van Veen, video, O2 profiler.

Type of Activity: Mooring work

Information to be derived: Times series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Grain size analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations

Summary: Moorings deployed: 4 (#477,478 and 480 recovered FA 97015 WHITE HEATH Feb 11-13, 1997, and #479 recovered FA 97029 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW May 19, 1997). Moorings recovered: 2 (#468 and 470 deployed FA 96012 WHITE HEATH Jun 11, 1996).

USGS Project Number: 7241-67011

Contact: Michael Bothner (mbothner@usgs.gov)

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Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
photo of WHITE HEATH
WHITE HEATH
On-Line Resources: Station Descriptions Seismic 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
185701/01GEOLMASS BAY BOTHNER NOTEBOOKSBOTHNER MH, CASSO M20031216INTERNAL ARCHIVE MASS BAY CORE SAMPLE LOGS 1988-2003
239001/01PO, GEOLMASS BAY PO, PHOTO 1989-1992BUTMAN, BOTHNER, ALEXANDER, LIGHTSOM, MARTINI,*20040000DDS-0074INTERNAL ARCHIVE LONG-TERM OCEANOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BAY OFFSHORE BOSTON DATA REPORT 1989-2002 VER 2.0*GUTIERREZ, STRAHLE ; RESTON DUPE WTHT 1989-1998.
114501/01GEOL PHOTOTIME SERIES PHOTOS-MASS BAYBUTMAN B, EVANS J, LANGE WN, POLLONI C20010912OF98-0797INTERNAL ARCHIVE WEBSITE TIME-SERIES PHOTOGRAPHY SEAFLOOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BAY, JUNE-OCTOBER 1996*#96012
050901/01GEOL PHOTOBOTTOM PHOTO/MOVIE T470BUTMAN B, EVANS J, LANG W, POLLONI C1999OF98-0797TIME SERIES PHOTOGRAPHS SEA FLOOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BAY: JUNE-OCT 199696012

Films (35 and 16mm) containing original data films and archived data microfilm. Original films are stored in the WHOI Data Library/Archive film vault. Cabinet storage is in the USGS-WHSC Data Library/Archive
Inventory #Other #SourceData TypeContentsLocationRemarks
105233480USGS-WHFCBOTTOMPHOTOTRIPOD 480; 19961001-19970212WHOI-DLORIGINAL COLOR

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