1976-049-FA (CMHRP activity #558)

Field Activity 1976-049-FA

Identifier

1976-049-FA

Alternate names

OC 20

Purpose

Deploy moorings 124 and 125 near the ARGO MERCHANT and on Georges Bank respectively.

Location

Nantucket Shoals, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

This is a WHOI cruise which deployed moorings 124 and 125 while collecting samples to delineate the ARGO MERCHANT oil spill. No WHSC personnel participated in field work. Moorings deployed: 2 (#124 and 125 recovered FA 77009 WHITEFOOT Mar. 3 - Apr. 17, 1977).

Info derived

Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;

Comments

Project = ARGO MERCHANT oil spill, ARGO MERCHANT oil spill

Related activities

1977-009-FA: Deployment-recovery

Platform

Oceanus

Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1976-12-28
End	Woods Hole, MA	1976-12-29
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-70.05782343
East	-69.88922414
North	40.73743047
South	40.59645956

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Bradford Butman

Crew members

Affiliate principal

John Milliman - WHOI

Affiliate staff

John Vermersch - WHOI

Data types and categories

Data category:	Time Series
Data type:	Mooring (physical oceanography)

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Survey Equipment	Description
Cruise report	(document not focused on specific equipment)	Information about water samples collected for oil analyses. No latitudes and longitudes for station locations are provided.

Moorings

RCV:; DEP: 124, 125;

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Bottom platform		Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1976-049-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Georges Bank Sediment mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery