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Field Activity Details for field activity 2024-007-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Integrated sea floor characterization (LQ00UQN)

Principal Investigator(s): Jason Chaytor

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Two leg cruise (04/24-05/08 and 05/08-05/25) to sample sediments on the summit of Atlantic II seamount in support of ONR Task Force Ocean.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2024-04-25

End Date: 2024-05-25

Equipment Used: Box corer

Information to be Derived: sediment composition, physical properties

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collect box cores from seamount summit.

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Location:

Atlantis II Seamount

Boundaries
North: 38.75408328 South: 37.16031655 West: -62.9296875 East: -61.43554688

Platform(s):

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Box corer --- Biology
Geology

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