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

Field Activity 2017-023-FA

Identifier 2017-023-FA -- CANCELED
Purpose To collect ground truth samples to help characterize the seafloor
Location North of Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Info derived grain size, seafloor character
Comments Mini Sea Boss operations will be conducted North of Nantucket as part of an agreement with MA CZM to map the geology of MA waters. Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2016-005-FA
Projects
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Tioga
Length: 60 feet; Beam: 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start Falmouth, MA 2017-05-02
End Falmouth, MA 2017-05-04
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70.11335977
East -69.97301636
North 41.47070833
South 41.3427489

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William C SchwabLaura Brothers
Crew members
Laura Brothers
Scientist, Staff
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Sampling
Data type: Photo, Video, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital video camera Video (no data reported)
GoPro camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology (no data reported)
Digital camera Photo (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity