Field Activity 2001-066-FA

Identifier 2001-066-FA
Alternate names IB C-1-01-LI
Purpose Sediment coring for longer cores to be used for metals and foram analysis. Sediment grabs for examining most recent sedimentation. Water sampling for hydrographic surveying (salinity, temperature, surface and deep water sample collection).
Location Long Island Sound, Connecticut, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Mob crew: Joe Newell (transport and rigging), Rick Rendigs (coring expertise), Ken Parolski (coring expertise), Bob Barton (core barrel cutting). Science party: Ellen Mecray, Joel Moore (ECO), Sarah Jablonski (ECO), Michael Casso (EnviroTemps), Dave Mason. Project = New York Bight and Long Island Sound Studies, New York Bight and Long Island Sound Studies
Platform
Connecticut
Length, molded: 90 feet; Beam: 26 feet.
Itinerary
Start Avery Point, CT 2001-10-30
End Avery Point, CT 2001-11-02
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -73.7462
East -72.34287
North 41.26548
South 40.8659

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Mecray, Ellen
Crew members
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso
Scientist, Staff
David H Mason
Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton
Scientist, Staff
Mecray, Ellen
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Moore, Joel
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Kelsey, Sarah
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Mecray, Ellen
Specialist, Information
Soderberg, Nancy K.
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Marilyn ten Brink (USGS), Joop Varekamp (Wesleyan), Ellen Thomas (Wesleyan)
Affiliate staff Taras Gapotchenko (Wesleyan) and Festo Lugolobi (Wesleyan)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Gravity corer Geology (no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler Geology (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity