Area of Operations: Upper Mystic Lake, border of Arlington/Medford/Winchester, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Dates: October 13, 2010 to October 13, 2010
Chief scientist: Carolyn Ruppel
Objectives: Conduct pseudo-3D survey of methane seep field in deepwater part of lake in advance of MIT ROV deployment & diver-deployed lander installation
for physics/chemistry studies (to be carried out in early 2011).
Type of Activity: Seismic profiling; Sea floor mapping; Water column imaging;water column imaging
Information to be derived: Water column imaging
Summary: Reoccupied sites of former seeps. Filled in areas needed to complete bathymetric map. Conducted high resolution survey of deep basin where we had previously recognized numerous seeps.
Contact: Carolyn Ruppel (cruppel@usgs.gov)
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