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Field Activity Details for field activity 1993-020-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect 3 replicate slow cores with TV video at 4 stations in Boston Harbor that we have sampled before (1977, 1978, and 1987).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Boston, MA

End Port/Location: Boston, MA

Start Date: 1993-08-30

End Date: 1993-08-30

Equipment Used: DGPS, Video camera - deep sea, Slow corer

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Carol M. Parmenter, Richard Rendigs

Affiliate Staff:
K. Caylor

Notes: Original Center People field contained: K. Caylor, C. Carol Parmenter, R. Rick Rendigs, (alternates?).

Location:

Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Boundaries
North: 42.39304 South: 42.28169 West: -70.9937 East: -70.82486

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Bothner, M.H., and Butman, Bradford (eds.), 2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean—Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1302.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
DGPS --- Navigation
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Slow corer --- Geology

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