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Summary for Field Activity Number 03011


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Alternate Leg: ID (PASTA)

Area of Operations : Chienti River, Civitinova, Italy, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Europe, North Atlantic

Dates: February 11, 2003 to February 22, 2003

Chief scientist: Christopher Sherwood
   Office of Naval Research (funding)
    Chuck Nittrouer (Univ. of Washington)

Objectives: Service EuroSTRATAFORM moorings and tripods; perform sidescan-sonar surveys.

Type of Activity: Sampling;Mooring work;Seafloor mapping;Photography;

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

Summary: Moorings recovered:3(#701,702,703 all deployed #02053 GARCIA DEL CID Nov 7-13, 2002.); Moorings deployed:3(#711,712,713 all recovered #03012 SEWARD JOHNSON II May 26-Jun 3, 2003); Sidescan survey: These data were returned to USGS-Woods Hole for processing.

USGS Project Number: 2921-AND06 - Project Description

Contact: Christopher Sherwood (csherwood@usgs.gov)

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform: SEWARD JOHNSON II

Platform Info:
photo of SEWARD JOHNSON II
SEWARD JOHNSON II

On-Line Resources: Station Descriptions Seismic Line DescriptionsTrack PlotRelated Web Site

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