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Field Activity Details for field activity 2012-041-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): Daniel Brothers

Affiliate Investigator(s): John Goff (UTIG), Jamie Austin (UTIG), Glenn Gawarkiewicz (WHOI)

Information Specialist(s): Jeffrey Obelcz

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: CHIRP survey aboard R/V Tioga in the Mud Patch of southern New England shelf

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole

End Port/Location: Woods Hole

Start Date: 2012-09-14

End Date: 2012-09-19

Equipment Used: Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i, DGPS

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Edgetech 512i survey of the SNE Mudpatch. Two long dip lines were collected from the 60-m isobath to the 600 m isobath across the shelf-edge. Project in collaboration with John Goff and Jamie Austin of UTIG. Cruise participants: Chuck Worley and Jeff Obelcz.

Staff: Jeffrey Obelcz, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:
John Goff (UTIG)
Jamie Austin (UTIG)
Glenn Gawarkiewicz (WHOI)

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Location:

Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,

Boundaries
North: 41.17038 South: 40.82212 West: -71.3013 East: -70.68604

Platform(s):

photo of Tioga
Tioga

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i --- Sub Bottom Profiler
DGPS --- Navigation

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