1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1996-012-FA

Identifier 1996-012-FA
Alternate names W21-96
Purpose 21st USGS-MWRA-USCG long-term currents, sediment transport, physical/chemical sediment characteristics monitoring: recover moorings #465 and 466; deploy moorings #468, 469 and 470.
Location Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Moorings recovered: 2 (#465 and 466 deployed FA 96007 WHITE HEATH Feb. 14-15, 1996). Moorings deployed: 3 (#468, 469 and 470 recovered FA 96023 WHITE HEATH Oct. 1, 1996). Sampling and coring rescheduled to July 9, 1996, with Ken Keay - MWRA (see FA 96049).
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments Sampling and coring rescheduled to July 9, 1996, with Ken Keay - MWRA. Original Submitted By field contained: Mike Bothner/Marinna Martini. Information from Foghorn: hydraulically damped corer, Van Veen grab sampler, Osprey video, time-series sed trap, McLean suspended- matter sampler, 8 tube and 1 Anderson traps, refrigerator;
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Platform
White Heath
Length: 133 feet; Beam: 30 feet.
Itinerary
Start Boston, MA 1996-06-11
End Boston, MA 1996-06-11
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.8
East -70.75
North 42.4
South 42.25

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Michael BothnerWilliam J. Strahle
Crew members
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
Marinna A Martini
Scientist, Staff
Banks, Emily
Scientist, Staff
Taylor, Brenton B.
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Peter W. Gill
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Peter Clay, Doug Dooner - Mooring Systems; Robert Catalano - Benthos

Data types and categories

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

Moorings

RCV:465,466; DEP:468,469,470;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Slow corer Geology (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler Geology (no data reported)
Osprey camera system Photo, Video (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
1996-012-FA-PH-001 Camera- deep sea film collection of TRIPOD 470; 19960611-19961002 Nancy K. Soderberg
1996-012-FA-OM-001 Bottom platform Western Mass Bay mooring data Ellyn Montgomery

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity