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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-020-FA

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Other ID: ABLJ9720

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Auster - NOAA

Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling of sedimentary environments and biological assemblages and habitats for mapping purposes.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Gloucester, MA

End Port/Location: Gloucester, MA

Start Date: 1997-07-25

End Date: 1997-08-01

Equipment Used: ROV, DGPS, Van Veen grab sampler, Osprey camera system

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Christopher F. Polloni, Page Valentine, Jessica Baker, Tanya Unger

Affiliate Staff:
NOAA: Peter Auster
Paul Donaldson
Jenny Maar

Notes: This cruise follows FA 97021 to Georges Bank with the same vessel. Mobilization for both cruises is on July 13; port day on July 24.
Project = Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project, Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project

Location:

Stellwagen Bank NMS, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.8 South: 42.0833 West: -70.6 East: -70.0333

Platform(s):

photo of Abel J
Abel J

Publications

Valentine, P.C., Gallea, L.B., Blackwood, D.S., and Twomey, E.R., 2010, Seabed photographs, sediment texture analyses, and sun-illuminated sea floor topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 469, available at https://doi.org/10.3133/ds469.

Valentine, P.C., Baker, J.L., Unger, T.S., Scully, L.A., and Fuller, S.J., 2005, Sea floor image maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topography, backscatter intensity, ruggedness, slope, and the distribution of boulder ridges and bedrock outcrops in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 2840, https://doi.org/10.3133/sim2840.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
ROV --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology
DGPS --- Navigation
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology
1997-020-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples)
Osprey camera system --- Photo
Video
1997-020-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD208, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD209, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD210, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD211, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD212, )

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