Summary Information for Field Activity 2010-015-FA

Area of Operations: Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: May 24, 2010 to May 28, 2010

Chief scientist: Larry Poppe

Matt Liebman, EPA; Deb Pacileo, CT DEP

Objectives: Verify multibeam and sidescan sonar datasets in eastern Long Island Sound.

Type of Activity: Sampling; Photography;

Information to be derived: Bottom photography

Summary: Bottom sampling and photography were performed to ground-truth NOAA hydrographic surveys H11997, H11999, and H12012. Nine of the stations were occupied in support of a CT DEP Marine Fisheries project.

Contact: Dann Blackwood (dblackwood@usgs.gov)
Larry Poppe (lpoppe@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier B-15-10-LI. Visit this site for more information.

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Platform Info:

OSV BOLD

Publications resulting from these data

Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Parker, C.E., and Doran, E.F.,2011, Combined Multibeam and LIDAR Bathymetry Data from Eastern Long Island Sound and Westernmost Block Island Sound � A Regional Perspective: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1003. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1003/)

McMullen, K.Y., Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., Blackwood, D.S., Schaer, J.D., Glomb, K.A., and Doran, E.F.,2012, Sea-Floor Geology of Long Island Sound North of Duck Pond Point, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1149. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1149)

Poppe, L.J., Ackerman, S.D., McMullen, K.Y., and Schaer, J.D.,2012, Sedimentary environments and processes offshore in eastern Long Island Sound [abs.]: 2012 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting

McMullen, Katherine Y., Poppe, Lawrence J., Ackerman, Seth D., Danforth, William W., Schaer, Jasper D.,,2012, Sea-Floor Geology in Long Island Sound, Offshore of the North Fork of Long Island, New York [abs.]: Long Island Sound Research Conference

Data Types and Locations:

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Deck photos of field operations

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