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Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-006-FA

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Other ID: HE0905, H609AR

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Deborah Hutchinson

Affiliate Investigator(s): Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire

Information Specialist(s): Deborah Hutchinson

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Multibeam and Chirp mapping of the sea floor of potential U.S. extended continental shelf in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Barrow, AK

End Port/Location: Barrow, AK

Start Date: 2009-08-07

End Date: 2009-09-16

Equipment Used: Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, Digital camera, GPS (wh), SeaBeam 2112, Other, Echosounder

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology; Shallow sediment structure from Knudsen single-channel seismics

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: USCGC HEALY provided ice breaking during collection of multichannel seismic data by the GSC aboard CCGS LOUIS S. ST-LAURENT.

Staff: Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Cruise is currently devoted 100% to two-icebreaker work. Data Curator: UNH.

Location:

Arctic Ocean;

Boundaries
North: 85 South: 70 West: -160 East: -125

Platform(s):

photo of Healy
Healy

Publications

Hutchinson, D.R., and Barth, G.A., 2010, Continental margins and the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Project: MARGINS/GeoPRISMS Newsletter, no. 25, URL: http://www.nsf-margins.org/Publications/Newsletters/Issue25.pdf.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R --- Sub Bottom Profiler
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl --- CTD
Digital camera --- Photo
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
SeaBeam 2112 --- Multibeam
Other --- --- ---
Echosounder --- Single Beam

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