Other ID: OC 39, Leg I
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy 2 tripods (#142 and 143) on the Georgia shelf, conduct CTD and XBT observations, and collect bottom grabs #4706-4708 along the Atlantic continental shelf.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Savannah, GA
Start Date: 1978-02-02
End Date: 1978-02-06
Equipment Used: Camera- deep sea, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series data;Grain size analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Moorings deployed: 2 (#142 and 143, both recovered FA 78009 ISELIN Apr. 10-15, 1978). XBT: 80; CTD: 15; Surface grab samples: 3 (#4706-4708).
Staff: Bradford Butman, Elizabeth Coward, Charles E. Deadmon, Alan Goodman, Frank W. Jennings, Stephanie Pfirman, Peter Popenoe, John West
Affiliate Staff:
Nicholas (Nick) Lefteriou
Gary Prisby; Andrew Eliason - Eliason Data Services
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman - Chief Scientist, Elizabeth (Betsy) Coward, Charles Deadmon, Alan Goodman, Frank Jennings, Nicholas (Nick) Lefteriou, Stephanie Pfirman, Peter Popenoe, Gary Prisby, John West.
Project = Sediment Dynamics, Sediment Dynamics
Location:
Atlantic continental shelf, south Atlantic bight, Georgia, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.6 | South: 31 | West: -81 | East: -70.75 |
Platform(s):
 Oceanus |
Bothner, M.H., Johnson, P.P., 1981, 210 Pb in sediment cores from the Atlantic continental shelf: estimates of rates of sediment mixing, chapter 3 in Popenoe, P.,ed., Environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (81-582-A), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81582A.
Gelfenbaum, G., and Noble, M., 1993, Significant bed elevation changes related to Gulf Stream dynamics on the South Carolina continental shelf: Continental Shelf Research, v. 13 no. 4, doi: 10.1016/0278-4343(93)90057-5.
Noble, M.A., and Gelfenbaum, G.R., 1992, Seasonal fluctuations in sea level on the South Carolina shelf and their relationship to the Gulf Stream: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, v. 97 no. C6, URL: http://europa.agu.org/?view=article&uri=/journals/jc/92JC00811.xml&t=noble.
Popenoe, P., 1981, A summary of environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (81-583), 45 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81583.
Popenoe, P., ed., 1981, Appendices of environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-582-B, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81582B.
Popenoe, P., ed., 1981, Environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-582-A, 15 maps, scale 1:250,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81582A.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report, hydrographic station list of XBT's and CTD's, and track chart. |
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief WHOI cruise report. Includes tripod schematic. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | 1978-002-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 143; 19780205-19780411) |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1978-002-FA-OM-001 (SAB mooring data) |
