1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2013-005-FA

Identifier 2013-005-FA
Purpose Verify 2 NOAA hydrographic surveys in western Block Island Sound
Location Block Island Sound, Rhode Island, North Atlantic
Summary SeaBOSS operations to collect sediment samples and still and video photography
Info derived Grain size analysis;Sea floor map;Morphology;Physical property data;
Comments We intend to ground truth surveys H12298 and H12299 and to use the acoustics, sediment samples, and bottom photography to produce geologic interpretations of the Block Island Sound seabed Project = Sea & Lake/Data off Cape Cod,
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Stonington, CT 2013-06-17
End Stonington, CT 2013-06-21
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -71.9879
East -71.83685
North 41.28813
South 41.07832

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Lawrence J PoppeKate McMullen
Crew members
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Kate McMullen
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Imagery, Sampling, Visual Identification, Location-Elevation
Data type: Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Species ID, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity