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Field Activity Details for field activity 2016-044-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jason Chaytor

Affiliate Investigator(s): Amanda Demopoulos

Information Specialist(s): Jason Chaytor

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Environmental Data: CTD, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deep sea corals and benthic habitats

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Quonset Point, RI

End Port/Location: Quonset Point, RI

Start Date: 2016-08-24

End Date: 2016-09-03

Equipment Used: Other, DGPS, monocorer, SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD

Information to be Derived: samples (chaytor) - grain size, composition

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment samples (sub-sampled from push cores), CTD data

Staff: Other

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Samples from Cape Fear Landslide and Hatteras canyon send to WHCMSC. Geological samples were collected using a monocorer attached to the base of the CTD.

Location:

Keller Canyon to Cape Fear Slide

Boundaries
North: 35.61041789 South: 30.85567461 West: -76.35498047 East: -71.05908203

Platform(s):

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Pisces

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Other --- --- ---
DGPS --- Navigation
monocorer --- Biology
Geology
SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD --- CTD
Fluorescence
Turbidity

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