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Field Activity Details for field activity 2007-024-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): Walter Barnhardt

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ilya Buynevich, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): PARTNER

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Observers on a WHOI cruise; testing new coring equipment.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2007-06-19

End Date: 2007-06-20

Equipment Used: Alpine Vibracorer, Digital camera, DGPS

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 8 short cores were collected in MVY study area. This was not a USGS operation.

Staff: Ankur Agarwala, Walter Barnhardt

Affiliate Staff:
Ilya Buynevich
Rob Evans
and Jeff Donnelly (WHOI)

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Walter Barnhardt and Ankur Agarwala (observers).
Project = MA seafloor mapping, MA seafloor mapping

Location:

Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.35 South: 41.25 West: -70.85 East: -70.75

Platform(s):

photo of Tioga
Tioga

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Alpine Vibracorer --- Geology
Digital camera --- Photo
2007-024-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field operations)
DGPS --- Navigation

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