Field Activity Details for field activity 2013-019-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Christopher Sherwood

Affiliate Investigator(s): Gali Kineke - Boston College; Rocky Geyer - WHOI; Dave Ralston - WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Patrick Dickhudt

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain core samples, conduct erosion chamber analyses. Conduct sediment camera survey.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Old Saybrook, CT

End Port/Location: Old Saybrook, CT

Start Date: 2013-05-13

End Date: 2013-05-17

Equipment Used: Video camera - deep sea, Sediment camera, GPS (wh), Slow corer

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;Suspended sediment concentrations;Physical property data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Obtained cores and performed erosion-chamber measurements at three sites (2 measurements each) and sediment-camera images at >1000 sites. Grab samples at six sites for sediment-camera calibartion.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Patrick Dickhudt

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Coordinated with Boston Colleg and WHOI scientists, aboard RV Lowell Weicker and RV Mytelis.
OT waiver approved.

Location:

Connecticut River, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic

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