Field Activity 1999-042-FA

Identifier 1999-042-FA
Purpose SCUBA diving - emplace diffusion samplers into pond sediments.
Location Ashumet Pond (Horseshoe Bend Way staging area), Mashpee, Massachusetts, United States, North America;
Comments USGS divers to emplace diffusion sample bottles along 11 transect lines of varying length in order to delineate the "footprint" of the TCE plume discharging into the nearshore area. Original Center People field contained: R. Rendigs, K. Parolski, D. Blackwood, B. Irwin - divers, drivers, and mobilizers. Data Curator: D. LeBlanc - WRD. Project = Ashumet Pond - Diffusion Sampling, Ashumet Pond - Diffusion Sampling
Platform
Ashumet Pond
Itinerary
Start public boat landing, Mashpee, MA 1999-06-14
End public boat landing, Mashpee, MA 1999-06-17
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -70.55
East -70.5
North 41.65
South 41.6

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Richard R Rendigs
Crew members
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
PARTNER,
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Water Resources Division
Affiliate staff Denis LeBlanc, boat driver - WRD

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Niskin bottle Chemistry (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity