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Field Activity Details for field activity P210GM

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AKA: none

Other ID: P-2-10-GM,P-02-10-GM

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): David Finlayson

Affiliate Investigator(s): David Valentine, J.P. Walsh, Roberta Hansman

Information Specialist(s): David Finlayson

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Deepwater Horizon Post-oil spill environmental assessment

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Pascagoula, MS

End Port/Location: Pascagoula, MS

Start Date: 2010-09-24

End Date: 2010-10-04

Equipment Used: Remotely Operated Vehicle, GPS, samples

Information to be Derived: Sediment and water sample collection, deep-tow camera-sled observations and acoustic mapping where necessary.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: info transferred from InfoBank

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: From: OS Records Office

Subject: Preservation Notice Regarding Deepwater

This notice is to remind Department of the Interior employees, contractors and volunteers of their ongoing legal obligation to preserve information related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill as required by the preservation notice issued May 4, 2010, by the Office of the Solicitor. The Preservation Notice requires the preservation of all documents, data, and artifacts that contain information related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and any activities related to the oil spill response, recovery, and clean-up. Please follow the link below to review the May 4, 2010, Preservation Notice and June 4, 2010, Preservation Reminder and FAQs.
https://portal.doi.net/c/deepwater/Memos/Forms/AllItems.aspx

Location:

Gulf of Mexico

Boundaries
North: 30.36748 South: 28.28386 West: -89.5363 East: -87.80381

Platform(s):

photo of Pisces
Pisces

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Remotely Operated Vehicle --- Photo
Video
Biology
Chemistry
Geology
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data p-2-10-gm.063 (Provisional best file)
samples --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology

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