1975-007-FA (CMHRP activity #483)

Field Activity 1975-007-FA

Identifier

1975-007-FA

Purpose

Obtain 40 vibracores, each approximately 15 ft. long, in Buzzards Bay and perform size analysis.

Location

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Vibracores: 40 (#1-3, 5-7, 10-12, 14-17, 19, 22-25, 27, and 29-30).

Info derived

Grain size analysis; Morphology;

Comments

Original Center People field also contained: John Dunlavey (May 21-23). Project = MA Co-op, MA Co-op

Platform

Atlantic Twin

90 foot steel catamaran hull research vessel with a 7 foot draft.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1975-05-21
End	Woods Hole, MA	1975-05-25
Days in the field	4

Bounds

West	-71
East	-70.4
North	41.75
South	41.25

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

James Robb

Crew members

James Robb

Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

John Dunlavey (May 21-23); Michael Samson - MA Div. of Mineral Resources, Charles Dill - Alpine Geophysical, Bernard Katz - Alpine Geophysical

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Chief Scientist's cruise report describing ship movement, equipment, personnel, core descriptions, and locations.
Contractor's report	Alpine Geophysical Associates Report (pdf file) Contactor's report to Massachusetts Division of Mineral Resources describing 1975 field work, grain size distribution, and core descriptions. (analyses of 160 selected sediment samples as plots)

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Alpine Vibracorer		Geology	1
Loran-C		Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1975-007-FA-NL-002	Alpine Vibracorer	Alpine Geophysical Associates Report (pdf file) Contactor's report to Massachusetts Division of Mineral Resources describing 1975 field work, grain size distribution, and core descriptions.	Nancy K. Soderberg