Field Activity 2012-040-FA

Identifier 2012-040-FA
Purpose Obtain photographs of the sea floor and sediment samples at approximatley 100 stations in the Gulf of Maine as part of a WHOI survey to map the concentration of red-tide cysts in the bottom sediments.
Location Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,
Summary Videos were taken of the seafloor from a camera mounted on the Craib corer. Samples for sediment texture were obtained from the Craib sample.
Info derived Grain size analysis;
Comments Project = Models for Changing Coastal Env,
Platform
Endeavor
Length 185 feet; beam 33 feet/ draft 18 feet 6 inches (aft).
Itinerary
Start Narragansett, RI 2012-10-24
End Narragansett, RI 2012-11-03
Days in the field 11
Bounds
West -71
East -66
North 45
South 41.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bradford Butman
Crew members
Adrian Green
Scientist, Staff
Sandy Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Bradford Butman
Specialist, Information
Sandy Baldwin
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Craib corer Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity