Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;New York Bight, New York, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,
Summary
The objective of this coring cruise was to investigate in detail the stratigraphy and age of several significant slope failures along the continental slope and rise south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Twenty-three piston cores were collected (~110 m of core). This project is a collaborative effort between the URI Department of Ocean Engineering and the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center.
Comments
Project = Potential Tsunami Sources, Potential Tsunami Sources
Information from Foghorn: Corer - piston, Box corer;
Tim Elfers, WCMG; Kevin O'Toole; Cody Jones, UMass; Genevieve Cauchon-Voyer, Laval University; Rich Genovesi, URI; Chris O'Reilly, URI; Matt Jenson, URI; Don DeGroot, UMass; Ethan Beise, Bryant University; Maia ten Brink, Princeton University
Data types and categories
Data category:
Biological Field Study, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics
Data type:
Experiments (biological), Navigation, Biology, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler
