Radon mapping and radon discrete water column sampling to assess groundwater discharge.
Location
West Falmouth Harbor, Snug Harbor, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Mapping of water-column radon activity took place in Snug Harbor on July 7 aboard a slow-moving skiff equipped with RAD7 radon detectors and a YSI sonde interfaced to a laptop computer. This effort focused on both a low-tide and high-tide circumnavigation on that day. Simultaneously, discrete water samples (14 during the low-tide and only 11 during the high-tide due to logistical difficulties) were collected for subsequent radon analysis, jointly by kayakers using a peristaltic pump to take surface water and by people in the radon mapping vessel who used a Niskin bottle to this same end.
Comments
Related field activities: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06020/, http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06021/, http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06026/, http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/data/2006/06037/. Original Center People field contained: Dann Blackwood, TERRAPIN driver; Dirk Koopmans, sampling; Laura Erban, sampling; John Crusius, sampling from kayak; Diomarius Padilla, sampling from kayak; Max Nepstad, sampling from kayak.
Project = Ground-water coastal aquifers, Ground-water coastal aquifers
