Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Gregory Lough, NMFS
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Submersible, sidescan, and sampling on Northeast Peak; assessment of juvenile cod abundance and habitat, sedimentary processes and environments, and bottom currents.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1986-08-03
End Date: 1986-08-14
Equipment Used: Klein 531 sidescan, Video camera - deep sea, Nikonos camera, Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Northstar 7000 LORAN-C, Grab sampler
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Habitat maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 45 sediment samples collected. Sidescan sonar survey conducted and juvenile cod contour taken.
Staff: Page Valentine
Affiliate Staff:
Gregory Lough
NMFS
Chief Scientist; Dave Potter
NMFS; Peter Anditore
NMFS; John Nielsen
Canada Dept. Fisheries & Oceans; Dave Bieber
Bieber Assoc.
Notes: Project Title: Biostratigraphic and Depositional framework-- U.S. Atlantic Margin (9590-02998) 1986, Leg III of NOAA summer mission.
Project = Biostratigraphic, Depositional Framework Atlantic Margin, Biostratigraphic, Depositional Framework Atlantic Margin
Location:
eastern Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.69769287 | South: 41.76812552 | West: -66.72453977 | East: -65.96861613 |
Platform(s):
Edwin Link | Johnson Sea-link |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | |
Video camera - deep sea | --- | Video | |
Nikonos camera | --- | Photo | |
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | |
Northstar 7000 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | |
Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 1986-014-FA-SC-001 (SUBMERSIBLE SAMPLE samples) |