Field Activity 2001-019-FA

Identifier 2001-019-FA
Alternate names IB H-1-01-MD
Purpose Vibracoring in estuary.
Location Choptank River, Maryland, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Field program plagued by equipment malfunctions and bad weather. Recovered five cores total at three different sites. None of the cores was of a length sufficient to meet scientific needs (needed 18 m cores, got <= 4 m cores). Cores reside with Curt Larsen in Reston.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Field: Rob Thieler, Ch. Sci.; Chuck Worley, Tech. Project = Submerged paleo-shorelines, Submerged paleo-shorelines
Platform
Hoverprobe
Length 21.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Easton, MD 2001-03-19
End Easton, MD 2001-03-25
Bounds
West -76.1
East -75.9
North 38.8
South 38.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators E. Robert Thieler
Crew members
E. Robert Thieler
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
E. Robert Thieler
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Mike Herder, USGS-Reston; Dan Phelan, USGS-WRD

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Hoverprobe Geology (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity