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Field Activity Details for field activity 1994-011-FA

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Other ID: 9411

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jeremy Collie - URI; Peter Auster - NURP/NOAA, UCONN

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Photo, Visual Identification: Species ID, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct sidescan sonar survey, biological and geological sampling, and video observations of sedimentary environments and dredged and undredged habitats.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1994-11-08

End Date: 1994-11-18

Equipment Used: Dredge, Video camera - deep sea, DGPS, SeaBOSS, Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dann Blackwood, David Nichols, Nancy K. Soderberg, Eric A. Schmuck, Barbara A. Seekins, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
Jeremy Collie
Galo Escanero - URI; Jim DaSilva - Salem State College

Notes:
Project = Benthic habitat studies, Benthic habitat studies

Location:

northern edge of Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 43.38722 South: 41.72055 West: -69.8427 East: -68.17598

Platform(s):

photo of Delaware II
Delaware II

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, preliminary results, station locations, map of study locations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Dredge --- Biology
Geology
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
DGPS --- Navigation
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
1994-011-FA-PH-001 (CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES JD317, BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES JD317, BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES JD318, BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES JD318, BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES JD320, BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES JD321, BOTTOMPHOTO GEORGES JD, )
Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar --- Sidescan

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