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Field Activity Details for field activity 2000-050-FA

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Other ID: IB E-50-00-DL

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Frank T. Manheim

Affiliate Investigator(s): D. Kranz, WRD-DE; P. Haeni, E. White - WRD-CT

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Electrical resistivity and seismic surveying, coring.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 2000-05-01

End Date: 2000-05-05

Equipment Used: Resistivity Profiler, Refractometer, HYPACK

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: John Bratton

Affiliate Staff:
Frank Manheim - chief sci.; Dave Kranz - WRD-USGS
SeaGrant-UDE; Pete Haeni
Eric White - WRD-USGS-CT; Donald Skip Snyder
Zonge Eng.-Tucson

Notes: Project = Delmarva Bays, Delmarva Bays

Location:

Delaware Bays, Indian River Bay, Rehoboth Bay, Delaware, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 39.54168 South: 39.00211 West: -75.6223 East: -74.90479

Platform(s):


Endeavor Whaler

Publications

Bratton, J.F., 2010, The three scales of submarine groundwater flow and discharge across passive continental margins: The Journal of Geology, v. 118 no. 5, doi: 10.1086/655114.

Krantz, D.E., Manheim, Frank T., Bratton, John F., and Phelan, Daniel J., 2004, Hydrogeologic setting and ground water flow beneath a section of Indian River Bay, Delaware: Ground Water, v. 42 no. 7, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02642.x.

Manheim, F.T., Krantz, David E., and Bratton, John F., 2004, Studying ground water under Delmarva coastal bays using electrical resistivity: Ground Water, v. 42 no. 7, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02643.x.

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Cruise report including personnel, cruise highlights, equipment description and use.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Resistivity Profiler --- Resistivity
Refractometer --- Conductivity
HYPACK --- Navigation

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