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Field Activity Details for field activity 1971-011-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Funding Program(s): Coastal Geologic Processes and Long-Term Environmental Change in the Northeast U.S. (LQ00BOF)

Principal Investigator(s): Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Investigator(s): Eeyore

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: sea floor sand ripple migration

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1971-10-03

End Date: 1971-10-20

Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar

Information to be Derived: samples, backscatter imagery

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: FA for testing purposes only. Not a real activity.

Location:

Cuttyhunk

Boundaries
North: 41.45507852 South: 41.4046258 West: -70.98266602 East: -70.83297729

Platform(s):

photo of Alpha Helix
Alpha Helix

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar --- Sidescan

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