Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect sediment samples for geochemical and geotechnical measurements. In addition to sediment samples, a short sidescan sonar survey will be conducted around transponders at the three tripod sites occupied by Butman.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1987-07-29
End Date: 1987-08-07
Equipment Used: Van Veen grab sampler, Klein 531 sidescan, Loran-C, Slow corer
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Michael Bothner, Thomas O'Brien, Lawrence Poppe, Richard Rendigs, William Winters, Kenneth F. Parolski, Joseph S. Newell
Affiliate Staff:
Schneider
Lobinski
Brown; Tripp (WHOI)
Notes: This effort is part of the program in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay designed to determine the transport and accumulation of pollutants in this urbanized estuary. Information derived from pre-cruise report; no post-cruise report found. Original Center People field contained: Joe Newell (alternate captain), Mike Bothner, Bill Winters, Rick Rendigs, Schneider, Lobinski, Brown, Larry Poppe, Tom O'Brien, Ken Parolski.
Information from Foghorn: Hydraulically damped gravity corer;Teflon coated grab sampler;Klein sidescan system;Megapulse;Differential LORAN;Northstar 6000 navigation systems;
Location:
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.43742203 | South: 41.92453119 | West: -71.02968702 | East: -70.46136677 |
Platform(s):
Neecho |
Bothner, M.H., and Butman, Bradford (eds.), 2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean—Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1302.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | |
Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | |
Slow corer | --- | Geology | 1987-032-FA-SC-001 (CORE, GRAB, HAND SAMPLE samples) |