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Field Activity Details for field activity 1990-044-FA

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Other ID: OC227 - I, II

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s): J. Frederick Grassle - Rutgers; William Martin - WHOI

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct in situ measurements of chemical and biological processes in water sediment interface including particle mixing, pore water irrigation, metabolic rate. Collect sediment samples to study benthic infauna, microbiology, heavy metals, organic geochemistry for distribution of chemical enrichment from sewage sludge at dump site.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1990-11-04

End Date: 1990-11-24

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Box corer, 3.5 kHz

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bathymetric transects: 3; Sediment stations: 8; MK3 Box cores (25 vegematic subcores): 10; WHIMPs: 2; Rolaid Lander: 1.

Staff: Carol M. Parmenter, Richard Rendigs

Affiliate Staff:
Rutgers: Rose Petrecca
Kelly Rankin; WHOI: William R. Martin - Chief Scientist
Daniel C. McCorkle
Joanne G. Olmstead
Frederick L. Sayles
Wayne H. Dickinson
John J. Lee; Ocean Taxonomic Services: Russell Winchell

Notes: Cruise broken into 3 legs due to bad weather. Leg I: Nov. 4-11, 1990, Woods Hole to Woods Hole; Leg II: Nov. 14-23, 1990, Woods Hole to St. Georges, Bermuda; Leg III: Nov. 24-26, 1990, St. Georges, Bermuda to Woods Hole. Post-cruise report submitted by Program Coordinator, Frederick Grassle.
Project = Marine Long-term Ecosystems Obs. Sites - NJ, Marine Long-term Ecosystems Obs. Sites - NJ

Location:

Deep Water Dump Site DWDS 106, New Jersey Continental Slope, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 39.25 South: 38.5 West: -72.5 East: -71

Platform(s):

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Oceanus

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's extensive cruise report including purpose, personnel, equipment, summary of samples collected, station and sample locations, map of locations, individual station descriptions.
Seismic log 3.5 kHz 3.5 kHz Watchstanders' log containing latitude, longitude, start and end times, equipment performance, data acquisition notes.
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Ship cruise report including personnel, ship utilization report, and trackmap.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
1990-044-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 90044)
1990-044-FA-LN-002 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV/SSS, NAV/SSS, )
Box corer --- Biology
Geology
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1990-044-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )

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