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Field Activity Details for field activity 1983-005-FA

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Other ID: 83-10

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James S. Booth

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Environmental Data: Conductivity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Investigate the ages, causes, and types of mass wasting.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1983-08-10

End Date: 1983-08-31

Equipment Used: Piezometer, Piston corer, Integrated Navigation System, 3.5 kHz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Piston cores: 45.

Staff: James S. Booth, Kathryn Scanlon Catanach, Ronald C. Circe, Alfred Dahl, James E. Dodd, John C., Jr. Hampson, Barry Irwin, Gregory Miller, Lawrence Poppe, Richard Rendigs

Affiliate Staff:
Ellen Gray; Hal Olsen (USGS-Denver); Tom Rice (USGS-Denver); Horst Brandes (University of Rhode Island); Dan Stapleton (University of Rhode Island)

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Jim Booth, Ron Circe, Bud Dahl, Jim Dodd, Ellen Gray, Jack Hampson, Barry Irwin, Greg Miller, Larry Poppe, Rick Rendigs, Kathy Scanlon.
Information from Foghorn: Piezometer;piston corer;

Location:

Continental Slope and Rise from Alvin Canyon to Baltimore Canyon, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 39.72722 South: 36.59278 West: -72.86 East: -70.74861

Platform(s):

photo of Gyre
Gyre

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, core locations

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Piezometer --- Conductivity
Piston corer --- Geology
1983-005-FA-SC-001 (CORE samples)
Integrated Navigation System --- Navigation
1983-005-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-SAT-INS, )
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1983-005-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )
1983-005-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of SEE #424 - ALSO GYRE 83-10 3.5 SINGLE-CHANNEL)

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