Other ID: 92-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Investigator(s): Ralph Lewis, CGS
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Bottom sampling and photography to determine textural distributions of surficial sediments, to relate these distributions to active sedimentary processes, and to evaluate potential near-shore sand and gravel resources; benthic biologic sampling to evaluate the faunal distributions and concentrations and relate them to habitats within a previously collected sidescan mosaic; and sediment sampling to examine the present trace metal concentrations within and outside the dredge-spoil dumpsites off the Thames River estuary.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1992-06-02
End Date: 1992-06-10
Equipment Used: Van Veen grab sampler, DGPS, Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C, Osprey camera system
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment samples: 297; Bottom photography: 300 stations; Benthic biology: 60 samples; Geochemical: 29 samples.
Staff: Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Staff:
Connecticut Geologic Survey (CGS) - Ralph Lewis
Sid Quarrier; Univ. New Haven - Roman Zajac
Jana Newman
2 students; Indiana Univ. - Boc Wintsch
3 students; Doug Tolderlund - Coast Guard Academy; Ari Locklear - Southern Connecticut College
Notes: Project = Connecticut Co-operative, Connecticut Co-operative
Location:
eastern Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound, Connecticut, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.33778144 | South: 41.26825924 | West: -72.05612293 | East: -71.85947456 |
Platform(s):
 Asterias |
Moffett, A.M., Poppe, L.J., and Lewis, R.S., 1994, Trace metal concentrations in sediments from eastern Long Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-620, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr94620.
Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Parker, C.E., Lewit, P.G., and Doran, E.F., 2010, Integrated multibeam and LIDAR bathymetry data offshore of New London and Niantic, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1231, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20091231.
Poppe, L.J., Lewis, R.S., and Moffett, A.M., 1993, Texture of surficial sediments in Fishers Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-214, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr93214.
Poppe, L.J., Lewis, R.S., and Moffett, A.M., 1992, Texture of surficial sediments in northeastern Long Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-550, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr92550.
Poppe, L.J., Polloni, C., eds., 1998, Long Island Sound environmental studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (98-502), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98502.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, table of sample locations, and map of study area. |
| Sample log | Van Veen grab sampler | Watchstanders' sample log containing identifier, time, position, sampler, and visual description of sample. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | 1992-009-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples) |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
| Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | |
| Osprey camera system | --- | Photo Video |
