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Field Activity Details for field activity 1970-008-FA

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Other ID: 70-20

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David W. Folger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling; time series oceanographic measurements; seismic profiling.

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Start Date: 1970-07-20

End Date: 1970-07-24

Equipment Used: Geodyne current meter, Seabed drifters, Temperature and salinity, Niskin bottle, Surface water temperature, Van Veen grab sampler, Loran-A, Raytheon radar, Visual navigation, 3.5 kHz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Samples: 16; Seismics: 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiles.

Staff: Bradford Butman, David W. Folger, Charles J. O'Hara, Robert N. Oldale

Affiliate Staff:
R. Burrows

Notes: Project = MA DPW Co-op, MA DPW Co-op

Location:

Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Boundaries
North: 42.53531797 South: 42.28611418 West: -70.93322754 East: -70.62659686

Platform(s):

photo of Verrill, A. E.
Verrill, A. E.

Publications

Tucholke, B.E., Oldale, R. N., and Hollister, C. D., 1972, Map showing echo-sounding survey (3.5 kHz) of Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays, western Gulf of Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-716, 1 sheet, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i716.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Geodyne current meter --- Current
Seabed drifters --- Current
Temperature and salinity --- CTD
Temperature
Niskin bottle --- Chemistry
Surface water temperature --- Temperature
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology
1970-008-FA-SC-001 (GRAB, UNKNOWN samples)
Loran-A --- Navigation
Raytheon radar --- Navigation
Visual navigation --- Navigation
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1970-008-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of SMALL CAN)
1970-008-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )

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