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Field Activity Details for field activity 2022-322-FA

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Other ID: Norway 2022

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Reconstructing Ocean Circulation & Hydroclimate in the Subtropical Atlantic (GX.23.MN00.U4U15.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Madelyn Mette

Affiliate Investigator(s): Carin Andersson (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway); Tamara Trofimova (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway)

Information Specialist(s): Madelyn Mette

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect bivalve shells for paleoclimate reconstruction

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: VesterĂ¥len, Norway

End Port/Location: VesterĂ¥len, Norway

Start Date: 2022-08-20

End Date: 2022-08-27

Equipment Used: Hand grab sampling

Information to be Derived: shell growth rate, oxygen isotopic composition

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Renting a boat(s) owned and operated by a private person in Norway.

Location:

Coastal Norway

Boundaries
North: 69.47521061 South: 68.42903732 West: 13.7409085 East: 16.40525132

Platform(s):


Other
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on foot

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Hand grab sampling --- Geology
Biology
Chemistry

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