1993-024-FA (CMHRP activity #1245)

Field Activity 1993-024-FA

Identifier

1993-024-FA

Alternate names

W13-93

Purpose

Recovered moorings #420 and 421 and deployed #428 and 429 in Massachusetts Bay; conducted sediment sampling and subsampling.

Location

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

Summary

Moorings recovered: 2 (#420 and 421 deployed WHITE HEATH FA 93011 Jun. 15-16, 1993). Moorings deployed: 2 (#428 and 429, both recovered FA 94040 WHITE HEATH Feb. 15-17, 2004).

Info derived

Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Marinna Martini, Joseph Newell, Carol Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, William Strahle, R. Wheatcroft, A. Zimmerman.

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html

Platform

White Heath

Length: 133 feet; Beam: 30 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Boston, MA	1993-10-05
End	Boston, MA	1993-10-06
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-70.8
East	-70.75
North	42.4
South	42.35

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

Michael Bothner

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini	Scientist, Staff
Parmenter, Carol M.	Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

R. Wheatcroft, A. Zimmerman; P. Ralston, Wendy Leo - MWRA

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Time Series
Data type:	Photo, Navigation, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV:420,421; DEP:428,429;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Gravity corer	Geology	(no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler	Geology	(no data reported)
Camera- deep sea	Photo	1
Sediment traps	Geology	(no data reported)
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1993-024-FA-PH-001	Camera- deep sea	film collection of TRIPOD 428; 19931005-19940216	Nancy K. Soderberg
1993-024-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Western MAss Bay mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery