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Field Activity Details for field activity 1977-028-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): William J. Strahle

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deploy a tripod with an associated surface marker buoy at South Atlantic Station B as part of a continued study of sediment transport and currents along the east coast continental shelf.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Wilmington, NC

End Port/Location: Wilmington, NC

Start Date: 1977-08-05

End Date: 1977-08-07

Equipment Used: Camera- deep sea, Bottom platform

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Deployed tripod: 1 (#134 recovered FA 77032 ADVANCE II Sep. 7-23, 1977).

Staff: William J. Strahle, John West

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Original Center People field contained: William Strahle - Ch. Sci./e.eng.; John West - tech.

Location:

U.S. south Atlantic continental shelf, Georgia, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 31.10586117 South: 30.98166512 West: -80.51169239 East: -80.38839612

Platform(s):

photo of Advance II
Advance II

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's log of ship movement, personnel, equipment notes, and daily narrative. Also has map of tripod locations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
1977-028-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 134; 19770806-19770908)
Bottom platform --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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