Field Activity 1998-001-FA

Identifier 1998-001-FA
Alternate names CH-98-03
Purpose Sediment sampling of shelf-edge habitats.
Location west Florida Shelf edge, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Samples were collected by NOAA personnel for Scanlon.
Comments Note: No USGS participants. Project = Shelf Edge Habitats, Shelf Edge Habitats
Platform
Chapman
Length 127 feet; beam 29.6 feet; draft 14 feet.
Itinerary
Start Cape Canaveral, FL 1998-03-05
End Pascagoula, MS 1998-03-29
Days in the field 24
Bounds
West -86
East -82.5
North 29.5
South 24.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kathryn Scanlon Catanach
Crew members
Affiliate principal Christopher T. Gledhill, NOAA/NMFS, Pascagoula, MS
Affiliate staff Gary Fitzhugh - NOAA, Panama City, FL; Chris Gledhill - NOAA, Pascagoula, MS; Cliff Harper - NASA, Stennis Space Center, MS

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Van Veen grab sampler Geology 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1998-001-FA-SC-001 Van Veen grab sampler GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity