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Field Activity Details for field activity 2008-020-FA

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Other ID: L-20-08-LI

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John Crusius

Affiliate Investigator(s): Kevin Kroeger

Information Specialist(s): John Crusius

Data Type(s): Visual Identification: Ground Truthing

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Reconnaissance trip to prepare for submarine groundwater discharge field work in Huntington and Manhasset Bays, Long Island, NY in May 2008.

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Start Date: 2008-04-13

End Date: 2008-04-15

Equipment Used: Reconnaissance

Information to be Derived: Misc. info on salinity of groundwater at few locations and depths, as preparation for May 2008 REAL fieldwork.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: See above... Real data collected in May and October of 2008.

Staff: John Crusius, Kevin Kroeger

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Project = Reimbursement: Characterizing Sub. - South Bay, Reimbursement: Characterizing Sub. - South Bay

Location:

Manhasset Bay, Huntington Bay, Long Island, Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 40.95 South: 40.8 West: -73.75 East: -73.4

Platform(s):

photo of on foot
on foot

Publications

Brooks, T.W., Kroeger, K.D., Bratton, J.F., Crusius, John, Szymczycha, Beata, Mann, A.G., Brosnahan, S.B., Casso, M., and Erban, L., 2017, Coastal groundwater chemical data from the north and south shores of Long Island, New York: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F78S4NT5.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Reconnaissance --- Ground Truthing

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