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Summary Information for Field Activity 1996-025-FA

Area of Operations: Stellwagen Bank region, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: May 16, 1996 to May 23, 1996

Chief scientist: Page Valentine

Peter Auster, NOAA at UCONN, Avery Pt., Groton, CT

Objectives: Acquire sediment samples, video images, and still photos of the sea bed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank NMS.

Type of Activity:

Information to be derived:

Summary:

Contact: Page Valentine (pvalentine@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier D-25-96-ST. Visit this site for more information.

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Platform Info:

DIANE G

Publications resulting from these data

Valentine, Page C., Gallea, Leslie B., Blackwood, Dann S., and Twomey, Erin R.,2010, Seabed photographs, sediment texture analyses, and sun-illuminated sea floor topography in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 469. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/469/)

Data Types and Locations:

Logs

Photos

CD ROM disk of BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD137, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD140, BOTTOMPHOTO STELL JD143,

Samples

Video

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