Other ID: 91
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): Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect CTD and suspended matter samples and deploy two moorings in Lydonia Canyon. Collect surface grab samples near Lease Block 312 (for analysis of texture, trace metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, and benthos). Collect grab samples at four long-term stations for benthic seasonal and transport changes. Collect grab samples to map surficial sediment in Lydonia Canyon.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1981-01-16
End Date: 1981-01-22
Equipment Used: Echosounder, XBT, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, Niskin bottle, Van Veen grab sampler, Smith-MacIntyre grab, Camera- deep sea, Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Bottom platform
Information to be Derived: Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Recovered buoys at GBK from Oct. 1980 OCEANUS 88 (FA 80030) cruise. Recovered Grassle tripod at GBQ from Oct. 1980 OCEANUS 88 cruise. Moorings deployed: 2 (#221 and 222 both recovered FA 81009 OCEANUS 95 Apr. 23 - May 6, 1981). Mooring recovered: 1 (#206 deployed FA 80030 OCEANUS 88 Oct. 23-31, 1980). XBTs: 13; CTDs: 18; Surface salinity samples: 28; Surface grab samples: 104.
Staff: Michael Bothner, Bradford Butman, David W. Folger, Mary E. Hastings, John Larson, Carol M. Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, William J. Strahle, Marlene Noble
Affiliate Staff:
Frank Musialowski; Andy Eliason - Eliason Data Services; Rose Petrecca - WHOI
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Brad Butman - Ch. Sci.; Mike Bothner, Dave Folger, John Larson, Frank Musialowski, Marlene Noble, Carol Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, Mary Polly Shoukimas, William Strahle.
Project = Sediment Dynamics, Sediment Dynamics
Location:
Georges Bank, Lydonia Canyon, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.5 | South: 40 | West: -71 | East: -67 |
Platform(s):
 Oceanus |
Butman, B., 1988, North Atlantic Slope and Canyon Study—Volume 1, Executive summary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-027-A, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8827A.
Moody, J.A., Butman, B., Conley, S.J., 1986, Hydrography of Lydonia Canyon; data report for R/V Oceanus cruise 91, January 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-174, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr86174.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's daily log of ship movement, equipment, personnel. Includes trackmaps with station locations. Table of station and information acquired at that station and the ship's loran log. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | 1981-002-FA-BA-001 (Digital tape(s) of BT, CTD STATION DATA, ) |
| XBT | --- | Temperature | |
| CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl | --- | CTD | 1981-002-FA-OM-001 (Digital tape(s) of BT, CTD STATION DATA, ) |
| Niskin bottle | --- | Chemistry | |
| Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | |
| Smith-MacIntyre grab | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | 1981-002-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 221; 19810120-19810428) |
| Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | 1981-002-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data recovered from 9 track tape) |
| Bottom platform | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | 1981-002-FA-OM-002 (Lydonia Canyon mooring data ) |
