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Field Activity Details for field activity 1999-042-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): Richard Rendigs

Affiliate Investigator(s): Water Resources Division

Information Specialist(s): PARTNER

Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: SCUBA diving - emplace diffusion samplers into pond sediments.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: public boat landing, Mashpee, MA

End Port/Location: public boat landing, Mashpee, MA

Start Date: 1999-06-14

End Date: 1999-06-17

Equipment Used: Niskin bottle, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Barry Irwin, Richard Rendigs, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
Denis LeBlanc
boat driver - WRD

Notes: USGS divers to emplace diffusion sample bottles along 11 transect lines of varying length in order to delineate the "footprint" of the TCE plume discharging into the nearshore area. Original Center People field contained: R. Rendigs, K. Parolski, D. Blackwood, B. Irwin - divers, drivers, and mobilizers. Data Curator: D. LeBlanc - WRD.
Project = Ashumet Pond - Diffusion Sampling, Ashumet Pond - Diffusion Sampling

Location:

Ashumet Pond (Horseshoe Bend Way staging area), Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 41.65 South: 41.6 West: -70.55 East: -70.5

Platform(s):


Ashumet Pond

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Niskin bottle --- Chemistry
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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