Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Signell
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain sediment grab samples and bathymetric depths from Middle Ground.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2007-11-20
End Date: 2007-11-20
Equipment Used: Echosounder, Video camera - deep sea, Camera- deep sea, Grab sampler, Digital camera, Loran-C
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ~1.5 hours of video in 13 segments (2 DVDs and one 8 mm tape), 9 sediment grab samples, bathymetric depths from depth sounder, and lon/lat from DGPS along ship track.
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Richard Signell, Charles Worley
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Rich Signell; Dann Blackwood; Chuck Worley (Skipper).
Project = Middle Ground, Middle Ground
Location:
Middle Ground, Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.52 | South: 41.36 | West: -70.85 | East: -70.45 |
Platform(s):
Rafael |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | |
Video camera - deep sea | --- | Video | 2007-042-FA-VD-002 (1.5 hours of video in 13 segments: original recording on Hi-8 tape.) |
Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | |
Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 2007-042-FA-SC-001 (9 sediment grab samples: MG1, MG2, MG3, MG4, MG5, MG6, MG7, MG8, and MG9.) |
Digital camera | --- | Photo | 2007-042-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of operations: 2 photos taken by D. Blackwood.) |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation |