1999-026-FA (CMHRP activity #1532)

Field Activity 1999-026-FA

Identifier

1999-026-FA

Alternate names

MD 99-02; IMAGES V, Leg 1

Purpose

Conduct an interdisciplinary study of Holocene paleoclimate and ecosystem history, methanogenesis, and geological evolution of modern Chesapeake Bay. To accomplish these goals, collect long piston cores (>20 meters) from the mesohaline portion of Chesapeake Bay.

Location

Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Coring exercises collected 6 cores at 5 sites (approx. 68 m of sediments); digital core photos; spectrophotometry; pore water samples; radiocarbon samples; and MST logging (magnetics, gamma and p-wave).

Comments

WHSC personnel John Bratton and Pattie Baucom were on the entire leg of this cruise; Steve Colman was shipboard from near Norfolk, VA to Delaware. Other USGS participants were not with WHSC. Original Center People field contained: John Bratton, sediment and porewater geochemistry; Steve Colman, project management; Pattie Baucom, core description, sampling, sedimentology; Mob./transport: TBA.

URL

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2000/of00-306/

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/1999/08/fieldwork3.html

http://www.images-pages.org/cruises/images5/IMAGES-V-Report.pdf

Platform

Marion-Dufresne

120.5M

Itinerary

Start	Norfolk, VA	1999-06-20
End	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	1999-06-29
Days in the field	10

Bounds

West	-76.3594
East	-76.17371
North	38.19045
South	38.0178

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

John F BrattonStephen Colman

Crew members

John F Bratton	Scientist, Staff
Baucom, Patricia	Scientist, Staff
Stephen Colman	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate principal

Tom Cronin - USGS, Reston; Peter Vogt - Naval Research Lab; Jeff Halka - MD GS

Affiliate staff

Yvon Balut - ship operations chief; Elisabeth Michel - co-chief scientist, Leg 1; USGS: T. Cronin (06/20 - 06/29), D. Willard (06/20 - 06/21 only), L. Weimer (06/20 - 06/21 only), S. Colman, J. Bratton (06/20 - 06/29), P. Baucom (06/20 - 06/29), T. Sheehan (06/20 - 06/29), R. Wagner (06/20 - 06/29); Naval Research Lab: P. Vogt (06/20 - 06/21 only), R. Coffin, J. Pohlman (06/20 - 06/21 only); Maryland Geol. Survey: J. Hill (06/20 - 06/21 only), J. Halka, C. Williams; U. So. Illinois: S. Ishman (06/20 - 06/29); U. Rhode Island: J. King; Queens College: Y. Zhang; Duke Univ.: G. Dwyer; U. So. Carolina: J. Friddell (06/20 - 06/29); other IMAGES co-chief scientists and ship crew.

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:	Navigation, Chemistry, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Calypso corer	Geology	1
GPS (wh)	Navigation	1
Water sampler	Chemistry	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1999-026-FA-SC-001-01	Calypso corer	Core samples analyses: including grain size, radiocarbon, palynology, trace metals, water content, and other geochemistry analyses.	John F Bratton
1999-026-FA-LN-001	GPS (wh)	Daily ship tracks: 9 page-size track maps of varying scales; contain date, latitude, longitude, hourly time ticks, some 15-minute and 5-minute ticks, and core site numbers (007, 008, 009, 10.	Nancy K. Soderberg