Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-002-FA

Other ID: HRS1505

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Jason Chaytor

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Information Specialist(s): Brian Buczkowski, Jason Chaytor

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Piston coring and MCS of the Munson-Nygren landslide complex

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Start Port/Location: Lewes, DE

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2015-05-01

End Date: 2015-05-11

Equipment Used: DGPS, Box corer, Piston corer, Other, Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R, Sparker

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;Multichannel seismic

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 17 piston cores successfully recovered, 1 failed; 2 successful CTD casts; 1 multichannel seismic line collected; 760 km of chirp SBP collected; box corer and trigger arm lost during one deployment, core barrel and cutter head lost during failed piston core attempt

Staff: Brian Buczkowski, Jason Chaytor, Thomas O'Brien, Uri Ten Brink, Charles Worley

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Notes: Mob in Lewes, DE 04/28 & 04/29, ship transits to WH to spool new wire, departs WH for Field area 05/04, returning to WH 05/11 (partial demob), transits to Lewes, DE core coring system demob

Location:

Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic

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