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Field Activity Details for field activity 2000-059-FA

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Other ID: IB H-59-00-MD

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Frank T. Manheim

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Frank T. Manheim

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry, Electro-Magnetic: Resistivity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Approx. 6 deep vibradrilling (40); water pumping; interestitial pore water extraction, electrical logging.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Public Landing, MD

End Port/Location: Assateague Island, MD

Start Date: 2000-06-06

End Date: 2000-06-08

Equipment Used: Hoverprobe, Water sampler, Resistivity Profiler, Temperature and salinity

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: John Bratton

Affiliate Staff:
Frank Manheim - USGS-Reston
chief scientist; Jerome Palmer - USGS-Reston; Dave Krantz - USGS-WRD-Dover
DE; Driller - Surface Processes; Dan Phelan - MD-WRD
Baltimore; Bob Shedlock - USGS-WRD
Baltimore; Darlene Wells - MD-Geo Survey

Notes:
Project = Delmarva Bays, Delmarva Bays

Location:

Chincoteague Bay, Maryland, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 38.1528 South: 38.1458 West: -75.2897 East: -75.2667

Platform(s):

photo of Hoverprobe
Hoverprobe

Publications

Bratton, J.F.; Bohlke, J.K.; Manheim, F.T.; Krantz, D.E., 2004, Ground water beneath coastal bays of the Delmarva Peninsula-Ages and nutrients: Groundwater, vol. 42, issue 7, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02641.x.

Bratton, J.F., 2010, The three scales of submarine groundwater flow and discharge across passive continental margins: The Journal of Geology, v. 118 no. 5, doi: 10.1086/655114.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Hoverprobe --- Geology
Water sampler --- Chemistry
Resistivity Profiler --- Resistivity
Temperature and salinity --- CTD
Temperature

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