Field Activity 1986-011-FA

Identifier 1986-011-FA
Alternate names NOAA summer mission, Leg 2; JSL 1818
Purpose Submersible, sidescan, sampling, and bathymetric operation in eastern Georges Bank canyons and on adjacent slope; sedimentary processes, currents, megabenthic fauna and habitats.
Location Rodgers Pass, Gulf of Maine, Corsair Canyon, Fundian Canyon, Northeast Channel, eastern Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary 12 kHz data: 83.7 nm (155.01 km); 100 kHz sidescan data: 51.2 nm (94.82 km); sediment samples: 88; video of current meter recovery. Mooring recovery assistance for MARY LOUISE (FA 86012) by SEA-LINK: 1 (#301 deployed FA 85024 GYRE Jul. 24-26, 1985).
Info derived Samples and chemical analysis; Habitat maps;
Comments NOTE: Submersible on this cruise was used to help recover mooring 301 detailed in cruise report 86012. Mooring recovery activity not recorded in this cruise report. Project = Biostratigraphic and Depositional Framework - U.S. Atlantic Margin, Biostratigraphic and Depositional Framework - U.S. Atlantic Margin
Related activities
1985-024-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Edwin Link
168 feet
Johnson Sea-link
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1986-07-20
End Woods Hole, MA 1986-08-01
Days in the field 13
Bounds
West -68.17445045
East -65.62622677
North 42.27776054
South 41.21631338

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Page C Valentine
Scientist, Staff
Mateus, Steve
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Page C Valentine
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Joseph Uzmann, NMFS; Douglas Pezzack, Canada Dept. Fisheries and Oceans; Tom Meyer, NOAA; Dave Bieber, Bieber Assoc.

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Imagery, Sampling, Location-Elevation
Data type: Sidescan, Video, Photo, Biology, Geology, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulation of information, and trackmaps.

Moorings

RCV:301; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Klein 531 sidescan Sidescan (no data reported)
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Nikonos camera Photo (no data reported)
Push corer (wh) Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C Navigation (no data reported)
Northstar 7000 LORAN-C Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity