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Field Activity Details for field activity 1983-022-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): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1983-08-02

End Date: 1983-08-11

Equipment Used: Grab sampler

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Habitat maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Truxton Swell, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 43.70389 South: 40.21244 West: -71.9846 East: -67.14844

Platform(s):

photo of Johnson
Johnson
photo of Johnson Sea-link
Johnson Sea-link

Publications

Valentine, P.C., and Commeau, J.A., 1989, The Gulf of Maine rutile province; accumulation of fine-grained, authigenic titanium oxide from sandstone and shale source rocks: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-532, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr89532.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology

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