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Field Activity Details for field activity 2012-052-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John Pohlman, Carolyn Ruppel

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Michael Casso

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Methane, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Reoccupy survey lines used for CRDS and Humminbird surveys on June 7, 2012 to image gas in the sediments

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: public boat ramp

End Port/Location: public boat ramp

Start Date: 2013-05-22

End Date: 2013-05-24

Equipment Used: GPS (wh), Single channel hydrophone, Humminbird fishfinder, HYPACK, Boomer, Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS)

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Re-occupied CRDS survey lines from June 7 and gathered Humminbird water colum imaging data (for gas plumes) and Chirp SBP

Staff: Michael Casso, Eric Moore

Affiliate Staff:
Kyle Delwiche-MIT

Notes: None This report is based on information from activity 12029.

The system gave it a 2012 number but it is a 2013 activity
Project = NSF/Hydraulic Sciences,

Location:

Upper Mystic Lake

Boundaries
North: 42.4417 South: 42.43157 West: -71.1547 East: -71.14368

Platform(s):


Knob

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
Humminbird fishfinder --- Single Beam
HYPACK --- Navigation
Boomer --- Boomer
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) --- CO2
Methane
Experiments (geochemical)
Surveys (geochemical)
Chemistry

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