Field Activity Details for field activity 2007-032-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s): William Martin, WHOI

Information Specialist(s): Michael Casso

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect hydraulically damped gravity cores and bottom water for the study of metals in contaminated sediments. Bottom water will be collected for dissolved oxygen determinations.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA

End Port/Location: U.S. Coast Guard Base, Boston, MA

Start Date: 2007-09-19

End Date: 2007-09-19

Equipment Used: Video camera - deep sea, Gravity corer, Water sampler, Slow corer, Digital camera, DGPS

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Two cores were collected from Station 2. Nine cores were collected from Station 3. Coring equipment worked well. All required samples were collected.

Staff: Sandy Baldwin, Dann Blackwood, Michael Bothner, Michael Casso, Richard Rendigs

Affiliate Staff:
Joannd Goudreau (WHOI)
oxygen specialist

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Scientists on board: Sandy Baldwin, Dann Blackwood, Mike Bothner, Mike Casso, and Rick Rendigs.
Project = Geo Processes Environmental Change in Northeast U.S., Geo Processes Environmental Change in Northeast U.S.

Location:

Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

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