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		Citation:
			Citation_Information:
				Originator: Michael Bothner
				Publication_Date: 
				Title: The Mass Bay Experiment
		Description:
			Abstract:
				 Moorings recovered: 4(#624,625,626,627 
				all deployed #00003 MARCUS HANNA May 
				9-10, 2000.) Moorings deployed: 5(#630,631,632,634 
				 all deployed #01022 MARCUS HANNA Feb 
				13-14, 2001; #633 recovered #01051 CHRISTOPHER 
				ANDREW Mar 20, 2001.)
			Purpose:
				      Three day trips were completed. 
				 Day 1: Exchange moorings off Boston 
				and Scituate.  Day 2: Collected sediment 
				cores with the new Hydraulically Damped 
				corer at stations 2, 3 and 3b(near the 
				benthic chamber deployment site).  Deployed 
				and recover oxygen profiler - 2 times 
				at station 3 once at station 2.  Recovered 
				one Benthic chamber by SCUBA divers. 
				 The second chamber was not found. Day 
				3: An attempt was made to recover the 
				lost slow corer from location east of 
				Stellwagen Bank at 200 m water depth. 
				 A three grapling hook assembly (on 
				an 8 foot spreader) was used with a 
				camera attached to the middle hook. 
				 Dann Blackwood arranged 6 submersible 
				flashlights on the central hook which 
				did a good job illuminating to the side 
				and bottom.  The whole assemblage was 
				lowered on half inch tenex rope (breaking 
				strength about 11,000lbs). Approximately 
				2 hours were spend on and around the 
				last known position of the core.  It 
				was not seen in the camera, nor was 
				it hooked during the dragging operation.
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				Beginning_Date: 20000926
				Ending_Date: 20000928
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			Progress: In Work
			Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed
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			Bounding_Coordinates: 
				West_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.83
				East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.75
				North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.4
				South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.1
		Keywords: 
			Theme: 
				Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
				Theme_Keyword: Sampling
				Theme_Keyword: Mooring work
				Theme_Keyword: Photography
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			Place: 
				Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
				Place_Keyword: Massachusetts Bay
				Place_Keyword:  Scituate
				Place_Keyword:  Massachusetts
				Place_Keyword:  United States
				Place_Keyword:  North America
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		Point_Of_Contact:
			Contact_Information:
				Contact_Person_Primary:
					Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
				Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
					Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
					City: Woods Hole
					State_or_Province: MA
					Postal_Code: 02543
				Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
			Metadata_Reference_Information:
				Metadata_Date: 20080116
				Metadata_Contact:
					Contact_Information:
						Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
						Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
						City: Woods Hole
						State_or_Province: MA
						Postal_Code: 02543
					Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
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