Field Activity 2006-010-FA

Identifier 2006-010-FA
Purpose Collect 2 diver assisted push cores, 8 grab samples for Larry Poppe (USGS), and additional grab samples for USMMA and CCNY.
Location Throgs Neck Bridge, Bronx, New York, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Long Island Sound, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary 2 diver-assisted cores were collected near the Throgs Neck Bridge. These cores were collected for Dr. Zhang-CCNY. 8 Van Veen grab samples were collected for Larry Poppe (USGS) at his Bridgeport site.
Comments USGS divers will supply first aid and DAN O2 emergency oxygen kits. Buddy system during diving operations. Dry suit diving for both divers. Original Center People field contained: Richard Rendigs, Dann Blackwood: divers, samplers and mobilizers.
Platform
Storm
Itinerary
Start U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Great Neck, NY 2006-03-24
End Great Neck, NY 2006-03-26
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -73.25855255
East -73.16181442
North 41.066295
South 41.04069279

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
Information specialist(s)
Richard R Rendigs
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal USGS
Affiliate staff Mike Melcer - USMMA; Pengfei Zhang - City College of NY (CCNY)

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Biology, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Camera- deep sea Photo (no data reported)
Digital camera Photo 1
Grab sampler Biology, Geology 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2006-010-FA-PH-001 Digital camera Deck photos of field activity operations Dann S Blackwood
2006-010-FA-SC-001 Grab sampler grab samples Brian Buczkowski

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity