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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-003-FA

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Other ID: HRS2202

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Jason Chaytor

Affiliate Investigator(s): University of Texas, Applied Research Lab US Naval Research Laboratory

Information Specialist(s): Brian Buczkowski

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: The objective of this coring cruise is to continue the investigation of the shallow stratigraphy of the New England Mud Patch, another small shelf basin south of the main Mud Patch study area, and an area along the shelf-edge between Block and Alvin canyons.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Lewes, DE

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2022-03-22

End Date: 2022-04-15

Equipment Used: Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i, Sample containers, Gravity corer, Piston corer

Information to be Derived: Grain size, mineralogy, physical properties, chirp sub-bottom profiler data

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Poor weather resulted in several delays throughout the field activity. Upon completion of the cruise, 29 piston cores and 24 trigger cores measuring 130.2 meters of sediment were recovered and logged using the ship-board MSCL. Any cores that were not logged at sea were logged on land using the same MSCL and van on the Quissett Campus. Seismic data collection data and information will be entered as soon as it becomes available.

Staff: Daniel Powers, Peter Dal Ferro, William Danforth, Charles Worley, Brian Buczkowski, Allyson Boggess, Wayne Baldwin

Affiliate Staff:
Sam Griffith
US Naval Research Laboratory Justin Tran
US Naval Research Laboratory Giancarlo Restreppo
US Naval Research Laboratory

Notes: Piston and gravity coring, chirp data

Location:

NE Mud Patch, Southern New England Shelf edge

Boundaries
North: 40.78054143 South: 39.436193 West: -71.32324219 East: -68.81835938

Platform(s):

photo of Hugh R. Sharp
Hugh R. Sharp

Publications

Lee, K.M., Ballard, M.S., Wilson, P.S., Venegas, G.R., Dorgan, K.M., Chaytor, J.D., Direct measurements of acoustic and physical properties in mud and comparison to sediment acoustics models: , Acoustical Society of America 183rd Meeting. Nashville, TN, 5-9 December 2022.

Siderius, M., Stevens, B., Higgins, A., Wendeborn, D., Lin, Y.T., Decourcy, B., Chaytor, J.D., New England Shelf Break Acoustic (NESBA) Experiment: Seabed Analysis: , Acoustical Society of America Meeting.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Sample containers --- Biology
Geology
Gravity corer --- Geology
Piston corer --- Geology

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