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USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program

Field Activity Details for field activity 2026-013-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): Geological Mapping: Links to Coastal Evolution and Hazards (LQ00GHY)

Contact(s): Laura Brothers

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To characterize the seabed in the Gulf of Maine

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2026-09-13

End Date: 2026-10-16

Equipment Used: Piston corer, SeaBOSS, Kongsberg SBP 29

Information to be Derived: seabed character, porosity, sedimentary texture, and imagery

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Notes:

Location:

Gulf of Maine

Boundaries
North: 45.95114969 South: 40.66952296 West: -71.95312142 East: -65.7421875

Platform(s):

photo of Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Piston corer --- Geology
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
Kongsberg SBP 29 --- Sub Bottom Profiler

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