1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
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Field Activity 2012-018-FA

Identifier 2012-018-FA -- CANCELED
Purpose Carbon cycling and methane dynamics at the Blake Ridge Diapir methane seep
Location Blake Ridge Diapir, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Info derived Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments Project = Natural Gas Hydrates/DOE,
Platform
Endeavor
Length 185 feet; beam 33 feet/ draft 18 feet 6 inches (aft).
Itinerary
Start Narragansett RI, USA 2012-07-13
End Narragansett RI, USA 2012-07-26
Bounds
West -77.6909
East -75.6958
North 32.80236
South 31.16581

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Pohlman
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
John Pohlman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Stefan Siefert, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Affiliate staff Tom Lorenson, Western Coastal and Marine Geology

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Chemistry, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Pore water sampling Chemistry (no data reported)
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system Sidescan (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity