Summary for Field Activity Number 05007

Area of Operations: Quicks Hole, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Dates: June 13, 2005 to June 17, 2005

Chief scientist: Larry Poppe
   Helen Stewart, Atlantic Hydrographic Branch, NOAA

Objectives: Groundtruth NOAA multibeam survey H11076 of Quicks Hole with bottom sampling and photography.

Type of Activity: Sampling
Photography

Information to be derived: Grain size analysis
Sea Floor Map

Summary: Sediment Samples - 45; Bottom Video - 2 8mm cassettes and 4 DVDs; Bottom Still Photographs - Approximately 219

USGS Project Number: 2921-0FL10 - Project Description and 2921-0FL66 - Project Description

Contact: Larry Poppe (lpoppe@usgs.gov)