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Field Activity Details for field activity 1993-009-FA

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Other ID: DLWR 93-05; DE9305

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Marilyn ten Brink, John S. Schlee

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mead Allison - SUNY

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Species ID, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Locate fine-grained sediments in Hudson Shelf Valley with sidescan sonar and video surveys, bottom grabs; determine extent of contamination via grabs, cores.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1993-05-22

End Date: 1993-05-27

Equipment Used: Slow corer, 3.5 kHz, Sidescan sonar, SeaBOSS, Gravity corer, GPS (wh), Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 59 tracklines.

Staff: Barry Irwin, Richard Rendigs, John S. Schlee, Marilyn ten Brink, Kenneth F. Parolski, Eric A. Schmuck

Affiliate Staff:
Kris Caylor
Peter Cattaneo; Mead Allison - SUNY

Notes: Original Center People field contained: John Schlee - Co-Ch. Sci., Marilyn ten Brink - Co-Ch. Sci., Barry Irwin, Rick Rendigs, Ken Parolski, Eric Schmuck, Kris Caylor, Peter Cattaneo.
Information from Foghorn: Sidescan sonar, Osprey video-camera-Van Veen sampler, hydrostatically damped corer, gravity corer;

Location:

Hudson Shelf Valley, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 40.5 South: 39.74380253 West: -73.9 East: -72.75201619

Platform(s):

photo of Delaware II
Delaware II

Publications

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Knowles, S.C., May, B., and Serrett, L., 2002, Sea floor topography and backscatter intensity of the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS), offshore of New York, based on multibeam surveys conducted in 1996, 1998, and 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-503, DVD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr2000503.

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's daily narrative including of ship movement, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, sidescan sonar and seismic line list, trackmap.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Slow corer --- Geology
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1993-009-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of )
Sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
1993-009-FA-SO-001 (Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines )
1993-009-FA-SO-003 (Digital tapes of SSS LINES 1-59: inventory #6164, 6165, 6166, and 6167.)
1993-009-FA-SO-002 (microfilm of )
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
Gravity corer --- Geology
1993-009-FA-SC-001 (CORE, GRAB samples)
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
1993-009-FA-LN-002-01 (Raw navigation data files.)
1993-009-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 93009)
Loran-C --- Navigation

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