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Field Activity 2012-041-FA

Identifier 2012-041-FA
Purpose CHIRP survey aboard R/V Tioga in the Mud Patch of southern New England shelf
Location Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,
Summary Edgetech 512i survey of the SNE Mudpatch. Two long dip lines were collected from the 60-m isobath to the 600 m isobath across the shelf-edge. Project in collaboration with John Goff and Jamie Austin of UTIG. Cruise participants: Chuck Worley and Jeff Obelcz.
Info derived Sea floor map;
Comments Project = Ask Janet, Ask Janet
Platform
Tioga
Length: 60 feet; Beam: 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole 2012-09-14
End Woods Hole 2012-09-19
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -71.3013
East -70.68604
North 41.17038
South 40.82212

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Daniel Brothers
Crew members
Obelcz, Jeffrey
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Obelcz, Jeffrey
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal John Goff (UTIG), Jamie Austin (UTIG), Glenn Gawarkiewicz (WHOI)
Affiliate staff John Goff (UTIG), Jamie Austin (UTIG), Glenn Gawarkiewicz (WHOI)

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity