Field Activity 1994-040-FA

Identifier 1994-040-FA
Alternate names W14-94
Purpose Recover moorings #428 and 429 from Massachusetts Bay; deploy moorings #430 and 431 in Massachusetts Bay and #432 on Stellwagen Bank; sampling.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Moorings deployed: 3 (#430 and 431, both recovered WHITE HEATH FA 94022 Jun. 7-8, 1994, and #432 recovered WHITE HEATH FA 94019 Jul. 6-11, 1994). Moorings recovered: 2 (#428 and 429, both deployed WHITE HEATH FA 93024 Oct. 5-6, 1993).
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
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Platform
White Heath
Length: 133 feet; Beam: 30 feet.
Itinerary
Start Boston, MA 1994-02-15
End Boston, MA 1994-02-17
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.79562516
East -70.16348465
North 42.39562891
South 42.2617268

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Michael Bothner
Crew members

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Sampling, Time Series
Data type: Photo, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:428,429:; DEP:430,431,432

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sediment traps Geology (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo 1
Bottom platform Mooring (physical oceanography) 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1994-040-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 430; 19940215-19940607 Nancy K. Soderberg
1994-040-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery
1994-040-FA-OM-002 Bottom platform Stellwagen mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity