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Field Activity Details for field activity 1969-009-FA

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Other ID: 69-52

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David W. Folger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1969-08-20

End Date: 1969-08-21

Equipment Used: Dietz-Lafond snapper, Seabed drifters, Van Veen grab sampler, Loran-A, Sextant, Raytheon radar, Visual navigation, 3.5 kHz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grab samples: 9; Other samples: 5; 3.5 kHz seismics: paper and film.

Staff: David W. Folger

Affiliate Staff:
Joseph MacIlvaine - WHOI

Notes: Project = Continental Margin Program, Continental Margin Program

Location:

Gloucester, Plymouth, Provincetown, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.65 South: 42 West: -70.7 East: -69.95

Platform(s):

photo of Verrill, A. E.
Verrill, A. E.

Publications

Tucholke, B.E., Oldale, R. N., and Hollister, C. D., 1972, Map showing echo-sounding survey (3.5 kHz) of Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays, western Gulf of Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-716, 1 sheet, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i716.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Dietz-Lafond snapper --- Biology
Geology
Seabed drifters --- Current
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology
1969-009-FA-SC-001 (Grab samples)
Loran-A --- Navigation
1969-009-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 69009)
Sextant --- Navigation
Raytheon radar --- Navigation
Visual navigation --- Navigation
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1969-009-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of *SMALL CAN)
1969-009-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )

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