The objective of the program is to make long-term measurements of currents and sediment transport in the vicinity of the proposed ocean outfall in Massachusetts Bay. The purpose of this cruise was to recover and redeploy the instrumented moorings. Samples of bottom sediments are collected on each cruise required to service the instruments. This was the third in a series of 6 cruises during the two year period of the present Joint Funding Agreement between the MA Water Resources Authority and the USGS.
Location
Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary
Moorings deployed: 2 (#347 and 348 recovered FA 90041 WHITE HEATH Oct. 23-24, 1990). Moorings recovered: 2 (#340 and 341 deployed FA 90002 WHITE HEATH Mar. 27-29, 1990) .
Info derived
Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;
Comments
Information derived from cruise report and mooring log. Moorings deployed on March 28, 1990, were recovered on this cruise and replaced with new moorings. Original Center People field contained: Andrea Barbanti - mooring work, sampling; Mike Bothner - mooring work, sampling; Adam Brown - mooring work, sampling; Marinna Martini - mooring work; Carol Parmenter - mooring work, sampling; Richard Rendigs - mooring work, sampling; William Strahle - mooring work; Donald Harrison - sampling.
Project = Circulation, Pollutant Transport Studies off MA Coast, Circulation, Pollutant Transport Studies off MA Coast
Information from Foghorn: Butman Tripod, subsurface array, VMCM LNB;Van Veen grab sampler;hydraulically damped gravity corer;conventional gravity corer;television camera;
Chief Scientist's cruise report with ship, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, core and grab sample coordinates, types of analyses to be conducted, and log for video camera used to photograph sampling operation.
