1985-029-FA (CMHRP activity #892)

Field Activity 1985-029-FA

Identifier

1985-029-FA

Alternate names

YS-85-08

Purpose

Hydroplastic coring, subsampling, and shear strength measurements.

Location

Yellow Sea, Peoples Republic of China, Asia, North Pacific;

Summary

Box cores: 8; Kasten cores: 11; Geophysical data: 200 km.

Info derived

Samples and chemical analysis;

Comments

Information derived from pre-cruise report, branch quarterly report and OFR; no post-cruise report found. Original Center People field contained: Jim Booth (Sampling/Processing).

Platform

Science 1

Itinerary

Start	Tsingtao, Peoples Republic of China	1985-08-11
End	Tsingtao, Peoples Republic of China	1985-08-19
Days in the field	7

Bounds

West	115
East	130
North	42
South	32

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

James Booth

Crew members

James Booth

Scientist, Staff

Affiliate principal

John Milliman - WHOI; Yun-Shan Chin - ASIO

Affiliate staff

Yun-Shan Chin - co-Ch. Sci., ASIO; John Milliman - co-Ch. Sci., WHOI; Dave Demaster - NYSU; Chuck Nittrouer - NYSU

Data types and categories

Data category:	Sampling
Data type:	Geology, Biology

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Kasten corer	Geology	1
Box corer	Biology, Geology	1
Hydroplastic corer	Geology	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1985-029-FA-NL-001	Kasten corer	Vane sheer test results log sheets	Linda P McCarthy
1985-029-FA-SC-001	Box corer	CORE samples	Brian Buczkowski