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Field Activity Details for field activity 1993-014-FA

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Other ID: ATL2 130

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s): Fred Grassle - Rutgers Univ.

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical)

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Determine present levels and distribution of chemical contaminants in surficial sediments; determine rates and depth of sediment mixing.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1993-07-09

End Date: 1993-07-23

Equipment Used: Box corer, Push corer (wh), Submersible pumps, Slow corer

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Michael Bothner, Carol M. Parmenter

Affiliate Staff:
K. Caylor; Rutgers: J. Frederick Grassle - Ch. Sci.
Rosemarie F. Petrecca - Research Assoc.
Paul V. R. Snelgrove - Post Doc
Diana Coppinger - Researcher
James W. Anderson - Res. Asst./Diver; WHOI: Frederick L. Sayles - Sr. Scientist
Joanne E. Goudreau - Sr. Res. Asst.
Steven P. Smith - Engineer
Colm Sweeney - Res. Asst. ; SUNY Stony Brook: Lawrence A. LeBlanc - Grad Student
Elizabeth M. Lamoureux - Grad Student; Univ. MD: Russell T. Hill - Res. Asst. Prof.
Christina M. Preston - Res. Asst.; Central Europe Univ.: Igor M. Shtyrkov - guest investigator

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Mike Bothner, C. Parmenter, K. Caylor.
Information from Foghorn: ALVIN type push cores, box corer - Rutgers; pump system, slow corer;

Location:

Continental Slope off New Jersey, Deep Water Dump Site 106 (DWDS106), United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 39.90974 South: 38.6512 West: -73.7402 East: -72.46582

Platform(s):

photo of Atlantis II
Atlantis II
photo of Alvin
Alvin

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Box corer --- Biology
Geology
Push corer (wh) --- Biology
Geology
Submersible pumps --- Surveys (geochemical)
Slow corer --- Geology

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