Field Activity 2003-055-FA

Identifier 2003-055-FA
Alternate names Hudson Cruise 2003-054
Purpose Ground truthing multibeam map imagery for the purpose of constructing geologic maps of German Bank.
Location German Bank, Gulf of Maine, Canada, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Contact Chief Scientist, Brian Todd, Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, for post cruise report: Hudson 2003-054.
Info derived Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Habitat maps; Sea floor map;
Comments Contact Chief Scientist, Brian Todd, Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, for post cruise report: Hudson 2003-054. Original Center People field contained: Page Valentine, Observer. Information from Foghorn: Page served as an observer on this cruise sponsored by the Canadian Government. The only data obtained by WHSC were 2 samples. All other data kept by Brian Todd, Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Platform
Hudson
Length 90.4 meters, beam 15.4 meters, draft 6.8 meters.
Itinerary
Start Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2003-09-07
End Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 2003-09-21
Bounds
West -66.7667
East -65.83333
North 43.68333
South 43

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Page C Valentine
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Brian Todd, Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Imagery, Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: Biology, Geology, Video, Photo, Single Beam, Navigation, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Grab sampler Biology, Geology 1
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo (no data reported)
Sidescan sonar Sidescan (no data reported)
Echosounder Single Beam (no data reported)
Anamorphic camera Photo (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2003-055-FA-SC-001 Grab sampler 2 IKU grab samples: IKU79 and IKU104 Page C Valentine

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity