Collect cores and sub-bottom profiles from the Merrimack paleodelta and Jeffreys Ledge to reconstruct depositional environments and determine sea-level history.
Location
Cape Ann region, Massachusetts, Gulf of Maine, United States, North Atlantic;
Summary
Vibracores were attempted at 22 stations. Core samples were recovered at 21 stations and range in length up to 3.48 m. Seismic reflection profiles were collected along 319 km of tracklines.
Info derived
Sea floor map;
Comments
Original Center People field contained: Walter Barnhardt (PI), Emile Bergeron and Chuck Worley (master techs), Brian Buczkowski (data archivist), Wayne Baldwin (data processor), and Elizabeth Pendleton (data processor).
Project = Penobscot River Sampling, Penobscot River Sampling
