Summary Information for Field Activity 1997-001-FA

Area of Operations: Falkner Island, Connecticut, Roanoke Point, New York, central and western Long Island Sound, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: March 08, 1997 to March 14, 1997

Chief scientist: Larry Poppe

Ralph Lewis - LISRC, CGNHS, CT-DEP

Objectives: Bottom photography and textural, geochemical, and biological sampling within the areas covered by two 100-kHz sidescan sonar surveys completed during a June 1996 ASTERIAS cruise.

Type of Activity: Sampling; Photography;

Information to be derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;

Summary:

Contact: Larry Poppe (lpoppe@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier D-1-97-LI. Visit this site for more information.

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Platform Info:

DEMPSEY

Publications resulting from these data

Poppe, Lawrence J., and Polloni, Chris, eds.,1998, Long Island Sound environmental studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-502, CD-ROM. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of98-502/fpage.htm)

Data Types and Locations:

Navigation

Track maps for Falkner Island, CT, Roanoke Point, NY, and western Long Island Sound.

Logs

Sample log for Falkner Island, CT, March 8-9, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.

Sample log for Roanoke Point, NY, March 9-10, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.

Sample log for western Long Island Sound, March 10-13, 1997, including sample desciption, video camera transects, and still camera exposures.

Photos

Deck photos of field activity operations

Samples

Video

Data is in the Data Library - contact Data Manager (bbuczkowski@usgs.gov)

Data is in the Data Library - contact Data Manager (bbuczkowski#&64;usgs#&46;gov)