Summary for Field Activity Number 2010-009-FA

Alternate Leg ID: OC463

Area of Operations: Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic
New York Bight, New York, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: June 15, 2010 to June 21, 2010

Objectives: Coring ops.

Type of Activity: Sampling

Information to be derived: Samples and chemical analysis
Grain size analysis
Morphology
14C dates

Summary: The objective of this coring cruise was to investigate in detail the stratigraphy and age of several significant slope failures along the continental slope and rise south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Twenty-three piston cores were collected (~110 m of core). This project is a collaborative effort between the URI Department of Ocean Engineering and the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.

USGS Project Number: 2921-CWD70 - Project Description

Contact: Jason Chaytor (jchaytor@usgs.gov)