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Field Activity Details for field activity 1991-019-FA

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Other ID: 91-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Bothner

Affiliate Investigator(s): Fred Grassle - Rutgers Univ.

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct a sidescan sonar survey for 48 hours. Collect samples and video of the sea floor using the robot JASON. The work will be conducted in the dump site and in a control area to the east. The sediment samples will be used for studies of benthic infauna, microbiology, heavy metal and organic geochemistry. The purpose of the sampling is to determine the distribution of the chemical enrichments from sewage sludge in the bottom sediments with distance from this dump site (located between 2,250-2,750 m water depth).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1991-06-23

End Date: 1991-07-03

Equipment Used: AMS 120 sidescan, ROV, Benthos 7000 , GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Michael Bothner, Adam Brown, Kyle Mayborn, James M. Robb

Affiliate Staff:
WHOI: JASON group; Rutgers Univ.: Fred Grassle
Rose Petrecca

Notes: Added AMS-120 based on data tapes found related to the activity.

Location:

Deep Water Dump Site DWDS 106, New Jersey Continental Slope, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 39.29931 South: 38.96795 West: -72.3235 East: -71.79565

Platform(s):


Betty Chouest
photo of ROV Jason
ROV Jason

Publications

Robb, J.M., 1994, Geologic features of the sea bottom around a municipal sludge dumpsite near 39 degrees N., 73 degrees W., offshore New Jersey and New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-152, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr94152.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
AMS 120 sidescan --- Sidescan
ROV --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology
Benthos 7000 --- Navigation
Transects
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
1991-019-FA-LN-001 (3 computer-generated paper navigation plots)

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