1997-001-FA (CMHRP activity #1396)

Field Activity 1997-001-FA

Identifier

1997-001-FA

Purpose

Bottom photography and textural, geochemical, and biological sampling within the areas covered by two 100-kHz sidescan sonar surveys completed during a June 1996 ASTERIAS cruise.

Location

Falkner Island, Connecticut, Roanoke Point, New York, central and western Long Island Sound, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Info derived

Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;

Comments

This cruise characterized sedimentary environments off Roanoke Point and Falkner Island imaged during a 1996 sidescan cruise. Additional samples were also collected along the shore in the western Sound. Original Center People field contained: Larry Poppe - Chief Scientist; Dann Blackwood - Photographer; Brendt Taylor - Technician. Project = Sediment Texture: Database and Mapping, Sediment Texture: Database and Mapping

Platform

Dempsey

Length: 50 feet; Beam: 16 feet 3 in.

Itinerary

Start	Old Lyme, CT	1997-03-08
End	Milford, CT	1997-03-14
Days in the field	6

Bounds

West	-73.62213135
East	-72.62924194
North	41.23479003
South	40.95524176

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

Lawrence J Poppe

Crew members

Lawrence J Poppe	Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood	Scientist, Staff
Taylor, Brenton B.	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate principal

Ralph Lewis - LISRC, CGNHS, CT-DEP

Affiliate staff

Mary DiGiacomo-Cohen, Ralph Lewis - LISRC

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:	Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Survey Equipment	Description
Sample log	Van Veen grab sampler	Sample log for Falkner Island, CT, March 8-9, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.
Sample log	Van Veen grab sampler	Sample log for Roanoke Point, NY, March 9-10, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.
Sample log	Van Veen grab sampler	Sample log for western Long Island Sound, March 10-13, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	1
Van Veen grab sampler	Geology	4
Osprey camera system	Photo, Video	2
35 mm camera	Photo	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1997-001-FA-LN-001-01	DGPS	Track maps for Falkner Island, CT, Roanoke Point, NY, and western Long Island Sound.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1997-001-FA-NL-001-01	Van Veen grab sampler	Sample log for Falkner Island, CT, March 8-9, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1997-001-FA-NL-001-02	Van Veen grab sampler	Sample log for Roanoke Point, NY, March 9-10, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1997-001-FA-NL-001-03	Van Veen grab sampler	Sample log for western Long Island Sound, March 10-13, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1997-001-FA-VD-001	Osprey camera system	5 Hi-8 Cassette tapes: tapes 1-3 of bottom video from Falkner Island and Roanoke Point, Long Island Sound; tapes 4-5 of bottom video from the western Sound.	Alice M. Orton
1997-001-FA-VD-001-01	Osprey camera system	2 DVDs of bottom video (created from 8mm tapes #2 and #3) from Roanoke Point and Falkner Island.	Alice M. Orton
1997-001-FA-PH-001	35 mm camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Dann S Blackwood

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
lisgrabs	Van Veen grab sampler	Location of surficial samples used in the analysis of metal distributions in Long Island Sound.	Ellen Mecray