Area of Operations: Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Dates: October 24, 2012 to November 03, 2012
Chief scientist: Brad Butman
Objectives: Obtain photographs of the sea floor and sediment samples at approximatley 100 stations in the Gulf of Maine as part of a WHOI survey to map the concentration of red-tide cysts in the bottom sediments.
Type of Activity: Sampling;Photography;
Information to be derived: Grain size analysis;
Summary: Videos were taken of the seafloor from a camera mounted on the Craib corer. Samples for sediment texture were obtained from the Craib sample.
Contact: Sandy Baldwin (sbaldwin@usgs.gov)
Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov)
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U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
