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Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-003-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

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

Funding Program(s): USGS GAS HYDRATES (LQ000FP)

Principal Investigator(s): John Pohlman, Carolyn Ruppel

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Carolyn Ruppel

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquire heat flow, water column imaging, and sediment core data on the upper continental slope in the US Beaufort Sea

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Dutch Harbor, AK

End Port/Location: Dutch Harbor, AK

Start Date: 2015-08-22

End Date: 2015-09-20

Equipment Used: HYPACK, Piston corer

Information to be Derived: sediment type, sediment thermal gradient, methane concentration, pore water characteristics, water column gas plume imagery, water column environmental parameters

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: John Pohlman, Carolyn Ruppel

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Beaufort Sea

Boundaries
North: 72.52725032 South: 69.57203437 West: -156.709 East: -139.35546875

Platform(s):


Unknown

Unknown

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
HYPACK --- Navigation
Piston corer --- Geology

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