Field Activity Details for field activity 2007-042-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Signell

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain sediment grab samples and bathymetric depths from Middle Ground.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2007-11-20

End Date: 2007-11-20

Equipment Used: Echosounder, Video camera - deep sea, Camera- deep sea, Grab sampler, Digital camera, Loran-C

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ~1.5 hours of video in 13 segments (2 DVDs and one 8 mm tape), 9 sediment grab samples, bathymetric depths from depth sounder, and lon/lat from DGPS along ship track.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Richard Signell, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Rich Signell; Dann Blackwood; Chuck Worley (Skipper).
Project = Middle Ground, Middle Ground

Location:

Middle Ground, Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

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Data Acquired