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

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	Description
Cruise report	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