Other ID: 101
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Joseph R. Uzmann - NMFS
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Make faunal surveys and geological observations, and collect rock samples from the walls of Oceanographer Canyon.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1978-09-22
End Date: 1978-10-01
Equipment Used: Video camera - deep sea, Camera- deep sea, Push corer (wh)
Information to be Derived: Habitat maps; Sea floor map;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ALVIN Dives 835-840. Submersible dives: 6 (#835-840); Samples: 8 (USGS #5121-5128). Dive still photography at WHOI Data Library/ALVIN collection.
Staff: Page Valentine
Affiliate Staff:
Joseph R. Uzmann - NMFS; S. Cobb - URI
Notes:
Location:
Oceanographer Canyon, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 40.5 | South: 40 | West: -68.25 | East: -68 |
Platform(s):
Lulu | Alvin |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Video camera - deep sea | --- | Video | |
Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | |
Push corer (wh) | --- | Biology Geology |