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Completed Massachusetts Bay Field Activities

SERIAL NUMBERDATESSHIPCHIEF SCIENTISTDESCRIPTION
69007 JUL/19/1969 - JUL/28/1969 DOLPHIN John Schlee
69009 AUG/20/1969 - AUG/21/1969 VERRILL, A.E. David Folger
70002 MAR/12/1970 - MAR/17/1970 LULU Robert Oldale LULU cruise 31 had two main objectives:1)to test the capability of using the ship for scientific work(previously she has been used only as the tender for ALVIN) and 2)to obtain geophysical data in Nantucket and Vineyard Sounds, Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay.
70007 JUN/10/1970 - JUN/16/1970 GOSNOLD John S. Schlee The main purpose was to complete bottom sediment sampling in the nothern quadrangle and to do additional 3.5 kHz seismic profiling as a supplement to those taken in earlier cruises of the GOSNOLD and VERRILL last year.
70008 JUL/20/1970 - JUL/24/1970 VERRILL, A.E. David Folger
70009 AUG/10/1970 - AUG/13/1970 VERRILL, A.E. John S. Schlee To set two current meters, make current measurements and vertical profiles of salinity and temperature in Massachusetts Bay and west of Stellwagen Bank.
70010 AUG/10/1970 - AUG/14/1970 VERRILL, A.E. John Schlee, David Folger
70013 OCT/19/1970 - OCT/23/1970 VERRILL, A.E. John Schlee
71009 MAY/27/1971 - MAY/27/1971 VERRILL, A.E. John Schlee
72001 MAY/2/1972 - MAY/24/1972 PHIPPS John Schlee, Robert Oldale The Commonwealth of Massachusetts faces a critical problem regarding its sand and gravel reserves. These materials essential in highway construction and almost every aspect of commercial and private development are in extremely short supply. Principal sources currently found in New Hampshire are now limited due to depletion and land-use ordinances. WIth rapidly growing demand and increasingly restricted supply of the ingredient essential to the well-being of its people, the Commonwealth has been forced to look towards sea-bed aggregates for future needs. Since mining of marine sediments may have harmful effects on the marine ecological balance and result in damage to beach property, a moratorium has been placed on all commercial dredging in Commonwealth waters. Assessment of ecological damage is underway. This survey was undertaken to establish if exploitable aggregate resources exist in Massachusetts waters. A reconnaissance survey of the area from Cape Ann to Brant Rock between the 40 and 150 foot contours was planned to ascertain the general geologic conditions. From this reconnaissance, detailed survey and physical sampling operations were planned to delineate potential areas of economic aggregate deposits.
72002 MAY/7/1972 - MAY/24/1972 ATLANTIC TWIN John Schlee,Robert Oldale The Commonwealth of Massachusetts faces a critical problem regarding its sand and gravel reserves. These materials essential in highway construction and almost every aspect of commercial and private development are in extremely short supply. Principal sources currently found in New Hampshire are now limited due to depletion and land-use ordinances. WIth rapidly growing demand and increasingly restricted supply of the ingredient essential to the well-being of its people, the Commonwealth has been forced to look towards sea-bed aggregates for future needs. Since mining of marine sediments may have harmful effects on the marine ecological balance and result in damage to beach property, a moratorium has been placed on all commercial dredging in Commonwealth waters. Assessment of ecological damage is underway. This survey was undertaken to establish if exploitable aggregate resources exist in Massachusetts waters. A reconnaissance survey of the area from Cape Ann to Brant Rock between the 40 and 150 foot contours was planned to ascertain the general geologic conditions. From this reconnaissance, detailed survey and physical sampling operations were planned to delineate potential areas of economic aggregate deposits.
73004 JUN/20/1973 - JUL/6/1973 ASTERIAS Robert Oldale Uniboom survey of Cape Cod Bay.
73003 JUN/8/1973 - JUN/18/1973 ASTERIAS Bottom gravity survey
73005 OCT/1/1973 - OCT/12/1973 ASTERIAS James M. Robb
74017 DEC/2/1974 - DEC/5/1974 ASTERIAS James Robb
74005 JUN/17/1974 - JUN/23/1974 ATLANTIC TWIN Robert N. Oldale Obtain vibracores in Cape Cod Bay using Alpine Electric Vibracore System.
74011 OCT/22/1974 - OCT/24/1974 ASTERIAS Geophysics.
75027 NOV/9/1975 - FEB/1/1976 NANTUCKET WELL John C. Hathaway To obtain new stratigraphic information near the shoreward margin of the Georges Bank basin.
75004 MAY/7/1975 - MAY/9/1975 SPAR Brad Butman Deploy mooring #GBK1 (aka #101)on the southwest part of Georges Bank.
75007 MAY/21/1975 - MAY/25/1975 ATLANTIC TWIN James Robb Obtain 40 vibracores, approximate 5 ft long in Buzzards Bay and perform size analysis.
75011 JUN/19/1975 - JUN/30/1975 ASTERIAS Charles J. O Hara The cooperative program is designed to provide detailed geological information and an assessment of mineral resources pertaining to that part of the continental shelf beneath the coastal waters of Massachusetts. In anticipation of the development of offshore natural resources of the Commonwealth, the major focus of the research effort is directed toward the occurrance, nature and distribution of these deposits as well as establishment of baseline data for evaluation of environmental impact of exploitation. The subbottom profiling surveys provide the foundation for a planned program of vibracoring and bottom sampling of geological features. Laboratory analysis of the vibracore and bottom samples will evaluate the economic importance of the deposits and, coupled with the seismic data, provide information of the geology and geologic history of the area.
75015 AUG/19/1975 - AUG/22/1975 SPAR Brad Butman The cruise objective was to recover a single mooring on the southern slope of Georges Bank and redeploy 2 moorings at the same site.
75019 SEP/12/1975 - SEP/16/1975 ADVANCE II D. W. Folger The cruise was conducted to make direct observations of geologic, bydrologic, and biologic phenomena at three sites located on Georges Bank. At each of the sites a railroad wheel had been set on a previous cruise. A vibracore pipe was also to have been placed on the bottom prior to the submersible cruise; however, due to mechanical problems the pipes were not set until after the submersible cruise was completed. Of primary concern in the area are the magnitude, characteristics, and distribution of ripple marks on the bottom because these result from both oscillatory and uni-directional current motion. In addition, bottom currents were to be measured directly on the bottom during submersible dives, and distribution patterns and habits of benthic and epibethic fauna assessed. Finally, we hiped to retrieve a string of four current meters that had been set close to one of the diving stations.
75020 SEP/16/1975 - SEP/18/1975 HORNBEAM Brad Butman The cruise objective was to deploy one surface mooring (#GBK2), (#102) and one intermediate mooring(#GBK3) in support of research on the low frequency variability of the region for the USGS.
75025 OCT/20/1975 - OCT/26/1975 FAY John Grow Leg 4 of the R/V FAY was set up to obtain approximately three reversed refraction lines on Georges Bank and to collect two to four long geophysical profiles over the continental slope and rise.
75022 OCT/2/1975 - OCT/17/1975 FAY John Schlee The main purposes of the cruise were to (1) investigate the shallow structure of the area (as a key to spot potential geologic hazards), (2) study of the deeper crustal structure through measurement of gravity and magnetics, and through seismic reflection profiles, (3) to collect shallow seismic reflection profiles over areas where vibracores were taken on the first cruise of the FAY.
75024 OCT/17/1975 - OCT/30/1975 ASTERIAS C. J. O Hara Subbottom profiling survey of potential mineral resources in Massachusetts coastal waters prior to coring/sampling cruise. Develop baseline data for environmental impact evaluation prior to resource exploitation.
76048 DEC/22/1976 - DEC/29/1976 WHITEFOOT Brad Butman This WHITEFOOT cruise was planned in response to the ARGO MERCHANT oil spill. Objectives were to deploy 1 current meter mooring (#123) and 1 tripod (#121) to determine subsurface flow pattern over Nantucket Shoals to predict and hindcast oil spill trajectories and monitor bottom conditions, particularly to observe any oil sinking to the bottom. To obtain bottom grab samples at several shallow locations to determine if any oil was reaching the bottom.
76049 DEC/28/1976 - DEC/29/1976 OCEANUS Brad Butman Sample to study impact of oil spill.
76006 MAR/8/1976 - MAR/13/1976 HORNBEAM Brad Butman The objective of the cruise was to recover one current meter mooring and deploy five current meter moorings on Georges Bank.
76051 APR/6/1976 - JUL/26/1976 SEDCO-J John S. Schlee
76050 MAY/22/1976 - MAY/24/1976 SEDCO-J Phil Shea Deploy and recover mooring #112 nearby SEDCO-J semi-submersible COST oil rig on Georges Bank.
76021 JUN/21/1976 - JUN/30/1976 ASTERIAS Charles J. O Hara To conduct a high-resolution subbottom seismic profiling survey in Massachusetts coastal waters south of Cape Cod, Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Sound. In addition, at the request of the New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a Uniboom seismic site survey is to be conducted in Eastern Rhode Island Sound over the proposed Browns Ledge Dredge Spoil Dump Site and contiguous area. Principle objectives include: detailed mapping of geological features, assessment of potential mineral resources, feasibility and enviromental impact studies related to offshore mining of sand and gravel, and enviromental considerations relative to offshore disposal of solid waste material.
76027 JUL/21/1976 - SEP/19/1976 GLOMAR CONCEPTION John C. Hathaway, John S. Schlee; The U.S. Geological Survey Atlantic Margin Coring Project, 1976, a 60-day expedition to obtain core samples by drilling beneath the floor of the Continental Shelf and Slope of the eastern United States was carried out in July, August, and September 1976. The purpose of the program was to obtain reliable data for appraisals of environmental conditions and offshore resources. Objectives included measuring geotechnical and engineering properties of the shelf sediments, defining freshwater aquifers offshore, collecting information on possible resources such as phosphates, sand and gravel deposits, and calibrating existing geophysical data. Additional information was sought on the regional extent of geologic units, the stratigraphic column, characteristics and ages of the sediments, variance of the geochemical baseline and zones of slope stability or potential instability. The work was carried out aboard D/V GLOMAR CONCEPTION with the assistance of the M/V L OLONNOIS in making seismic site surveys, anchoring the drilling vessel, and transporting supplies and equipment.
76032 AUG/24/1976 - SEP/6/1976 ANNANDALE Charles J. O Hara The vibracore sampling program is intended to determine the nature of the bottom sediments and shallow substrate of the inner shelf. The core data will be correlated with subbottom seismic profiling data to determine the distribution, lithology and economic importance of offshore geologic features and mineral resources. In addition, these studies will document important landmark data, help to evaluate the feasibility and environmental conditions of offshore mining of mineral deposits and offshore disposal of solid waste material, and provide information on the geology and geologic history of the region.
76029 AUG/2/1976 - AUG/6/1976 VERRILL, A.E. Charles J. O Hara As part of the proposed Federal Harbor improvement and maintenance dredging of Fall River and Mt. Hope Bay, a dump site for the dredge spoils is proposed for an area 2 miles southeast of Browns Ledge in Eastern Rhode Island Sound. This site is also being considered as a regional disposal ground for state and private organizations performing dredging for the Corps. The USGS in cooperation with the New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a sidescan sonar survey as part of a continuing program to determine the suitability and potential environmental impact of ocean dumping of dredge spoil material at the site. Available ship time will also permit acquisition of sonograph data of the sea floor beneath Vineyard Sound to study a massive beach and shoal complex underlaying most of the sound and to identify possible sites for bottom grab sampling and coring.
76036 SEP/12/1976 - SEP/17/1976 FAY Robert N. Oldale Purpose of the cruise was to study the shallow sedimentary structure south and east of southern Massachusetts and to study the magnetics and gravity in these areas and in the vicinity of Great South Channel and Cape Ann.
76037 SEP/19/1976 - SEP/21/1976 FAY John Grow Test cruise of gravity and sonobuoy systems.
76039 OCT/4/1976 - OCT/9/1976 ASTERIAS Charles J. O Hara The cooperative marine program is intended to provide the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a detailed accounting and geological evaluation of the lands that lie submerged beneath its coastal waters. Principal objectives include detailed mapping of geological features, assessment of potential mineral resources, feasibility and enviromental impact studies related to offshore mining of sand, gravel, and environmental considerations relative to offshore disposal of solid waste material.
77046 JAN/6/1977 - AUG/30/1977 OCEAN VICTORY John S. Schlee
77045 MAY/16/1977 - MAY/16/1977 WHITEFOOT William Strahle Deploy mooring #127 to test camera system.
77024 JUL/23/1977 - JUL/28/1977 ASTERIAS Charles J. O Hara The cooperative marine geologic program provides the Commonwealth of Massachusetts an accounting and geological evaluation of the lands that lie submerged beneath its coastal waters. Principal objectives include detailed mapping of bottom and subbottom geological features, assessment of potential mineral resources, feasibility and environmental impact studies related to offshore mining of sand and gravel, and environmental considerations relative to offshore disposal of solid waste material.
77035 SEP/27/1977 - OCT/2/1977 ANNANDALE Charles J. O Hara The vibracore sampling program is intended to determine the nature of bottom sediments and shallow substrate on the inner shelf. The core data will be correlated with subbottom seismic profiling data to determine the distribution, lithology and economic significant of offshore geologic features and mineral resources. These studies will document important landmark data, help to evaluate feasibility and environmental impact of offshore mining of sand and gravel deposits and offshore disposal of solid waste material, and provide information on the geology and geologic history fo the region
78027 SEP/11/1978 - SEP/21/1978 ASTERIAS Diane M. Eskenasy To observe the structure of the Presumpscot Formation flanking the western end of Jeffreys Ledge and to determine if the deformation is related to a Late Wisconsin readvance of the continental ice sheet, and to locate the offshore extension of the Clinton-Newbury and the Bloody Bluff faults.
78035 OCT/29/1978 - NOV/2/1978 WHITEFOOT Brad Butman; Replace bottom tripod system (#157) deployed on ATLANTIS II 103(#78031) suspected of malfunctioning; deploy additional surface marker buoy at station for additional protection from bottom trawling; attempt to recover by grappling subsurface current mooring #162. (Trawler OCEAN STATE from Pt. Judith, RI fished up entire mooring. Flotation was returned but 1 VACM-TR and release dropped to bottom when chain parted.)
79004 MAR/27/1979 - MAR/29/1979 OCEANUS Brad Butman This OCEANUS cruise was part of a continuing study of currents and sediment transport on the US east coast continental shelf. The purpose of the cruise was to deploy one tripod(#174), one subsurface current mooring (#175) and one surface buoy and to grapple for a dragged current mooring(#161). Obtain grab sample. Conduct hydrographic (temperature-XBT)observations.
79006 APR/16/1979 - APR/20/1979 NEECHO Harley J. Knebel and William P. Dillon To study the development of barrier islands; to document the frequency and rate of migration of inlets that breach barrier islands; to define the characteristics of shoreface ridges on a barrier island; and to prepare the boat and personnel for field operations this spring and summer.
79024 AUG/16/1979 - AUG/20/1979 ASTERIAS Charles J. O Hara 1.Identify and map geology and shallow structure of Massachusetts Bay.2.Assess potential mineral resources, principally sand and gravel.3.Evaluate feasibility and environmental impact of offshore mining of mineral deposits and offshore disposal of solid waste material.4.Evaluate potential containment and/or dispersal sites for offshore dumping of harbor dredge-spoil material. 5.Evaluate potential geologic hazards that may impact proposed petroleum pipe line corridors from offshore wells to processing facilities onshore.6.Determine geologic framework and Quaternary development of this part of the Atlantic Inner Continental Shelf.7.Select sites for possible coring in summer 1980.8.Augment similar data obtained in Massachusetts Bay inshore area by Raytheon Co. (May 1972, PHIPPS #72001)) and further offshore by this office (GILLISS leg 2, June 1979 #79012)
79031 SEP/27/1979 - OCT/3/1979 NEECHO David Twichell Side-scan sonar and high resolution seismic profiling were done in the nearshore zone (3-30m water depth) off Nauset Inlet and Coast Guard Beach to map the types and extent of nearshore bedforms and to define the late Pleistocene and Holocene history of the area.
79030 SEP/20/1979 - SEP/25/1979 NEECHO Robert Oldale To collect 1 inch airgun data across Buzzards Bay moraine.
79037 SEP/17/1979 - SEP/21/1979 OCEANUS Deploy mooring 181 on Georges Bank.
80033 NOV/19/1980 - NOV/21/1980 ASTERIAS To compare amplitude, frequency and phase response of USGS OBIP horizontal and vertical geophones as compared to a standard geophone package. A two-mile refraction line will be shot using prima cord to permit calibration of our OBIP geophone response and indicate whether anchor redesign is required.
80010 JUN/3/1980 - JUN/6/1980 ASTERIAS Robert Oldale Geophysics.
80011 JUN/4/1980 - JUN/9/1980 GYRE Lou Garrison, Chief Scientist, Corpus Christi For collection of side-scan data in area south of Mississippi delta on upper continental slope. Collection of data on 4 Exxon tracts for installation of production platform.
80012 JUN/10/1980 - JUN/12/1980 ASTERIAS Charles J. O Hara, Chief Scientist 1. To define the acoustic stratigraphy and structure of Cox Ledge. 2. To determine the occurrence and seaward extent of large, deeply buried preglacial valleys cut into the submerged coastal plain rocks beneath this part of the inner continental shelf.
80021 AUG/13/1980 - AUG/13/1980 NEECHO Kenneth F. Parloski Conduct seismic study of the harbor and nearshore waters of Duxbury, Massachusetts.
81006 APR/1/1981 - APR/6/1981 WHITEFOOT David Twichell Evaluate sand wave migration rates
81014 MAY/25/1981 - MAY/31/1981 GYRE Robert Bowles Loran-C navigation test. Ancillary project included gravity work.
81018 JUN/19/1981 - JUN/31/1981 NEECHO Geophisical study of glacial deposits and bedrock on the inner continental shelf of New Hampshire. To map glacial and post-glacial sediments to map bedrock.
81025 JUL/10/1981 - JUL/21/1981 JOHNSON Page Valentine Revisit permanent monitoring stations est. July - August 1980 on Georges Bank in Lydonia Canyon. Establish 2 new stations in Oceanographer Canyon. Conduct photographic surveys for qualitative and quantitative analysis of megafauna. Collect faunal and substrate samples for pollutant analysis. Collect substrate samples to define infaunal populations and for sediment size analysis.
81023 JUL/6/1981 - JUL/23/1981 EASTWARD Michael Bothner Collect infauna and benthic sediment samples to be used as base line analyses for the Georges Bank Lease Sale No. 42 Environmental Monitoring Program
81030 AUG/22/1981 - SEP/13/1981 GYRE Kim Klitgord, John Schlee Primary purpose was to survey the buried paleoshelf edge along the southside of Georges Bank using DFS-V high-resolution multichannel seismic-reflection system. The second objective was to survey the buried grabens along the north side of Georges Bank, south of Martha's Vineyard and Long Island. The Georges Bank portion of the survey was not completed due to loss of the streamer. Magnetic and gravity anomaly data were collected to aid interpretation.
82006 FEB/10/1982 - FEB/28/1982 ENDEAVOR Richard Rendigs Cruise in two legs, February 10-21 on ENDEAVOR and February 27-28 on ASTERIAS. Third in series of seasonal bnthic sampling as part of Geroges Bank Lease Sale No. 42 environmental monitoring program. Major emphasis to determine the extent of deposition and accumulation oof potentially toxic materials as a result of oil drilling activities and any subsequent effects on the benthic biota.
82038 NOV/19/1982 - NOV/28/1982 OCEANUS Richard Rendigs To take bottom grab samples, rocking chair dredge samples, otter trawl samples, bottom still photograph stations, and 19 XBT casts and other hydrographic measurements for the Georges Bank benthic monitoring program.*
82011 APR/21/1982 - APR/21/1982 WHITEFOOT William Strahle To reset a pressure mooring in same spot. One had broken loose from its anchor. Mooring number 256.
82010 APR/16/1982 - APR/30/1982 ASTERIAS Anne Trehu To test the coupling response of the USGS ocean bottom seisometer (OBIP) for several different anchor configurations and bottom sediment types. The tests were conducted by instantaneously releasing a float attached to the instrument package and recording the sediment- instrument resonance thus excited. Grab samples were also taken at the two sites tested.
82012 MAY/10/1982 - MAY/18/1982 CAPE HENLOPEN Richard Rendigs Cruise was fourth in series of seasonal benthic sampling cruises as part of the Georges Bank Lease Sale No. 42. Sampling to determine extent of deposition and accumulation of potentially toxic materials due to drilling activities and subsequent effects on benthic biota.
82015 MAY/26/1982 - MAY/26/1982 WHITEFOOT Brad Butman To recover a pressure mooring off Nantucket Island (USGS mooring 256)
82013 MAY/20/1982 - MAY/21/1982 ASTERIAS Anne Trehu Continued testing of coupling response of the USGS ocean bottom seismometer (OBIP) for several different anchor configurations and bottom sediment types. A gravity core was also taken.
82017 JUN/16/1982 - JUN/17/1982 17 WHALER Rusty Tirey 1. Delineate the depth to the top of bedrock below the river surface; 2. Determine the location and dimensions of aquifers that transect the river
82021 JUL/7/1982 - JUL/19/1982 NEECHO Jack Connell Map bedrock, glacial sediments, and post-glacial sediments on continental shelf between Portsmouth, NH and Newburyport, MA out to 100 m contour. Project is a geophysical study of glacial deposits and bedrock on the inner continental shelf of New England.
82020 JUL/6/1982 - JUL/15/1982 OCEANUS Brad Butman 1. Recover current moorings in Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons. 2. Deploy current moorings in Lydonia Canyon and Lease Block 312. 3. Obtain surface grab samples on shelf and slope adjacent to Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons. 4. Obtain hydrostatically damped cores at Lease Block 312, 410 and head of Lydonia Canyon. 5. Obtain piston cores at head of Lydonia Canyon. 6. Conduct hydrographic survey of shelf and slope adjacent to Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons; 7. Recover and redeploy surface marker buoys as required; 8. Conduct bathymetric survey in Lydonia Canyon
82019 JUL/5/1982 - JUL/5/1982 WHITEFOOT Brad Butman Deploy tripod (mooring #263) in Buzzards Bay near Cleveland Ledge to assess near-bottom current and sediment movement.
82036 OCT/18/1982 - OCT/27/1982 ASTERIAS Anne Trehu, Chief Scientist Cruise dates were Oct. 18, 19, 20, 25, 27. Continued testing of coupling response of the USGS ocean bottom seismometer (OBIP) for several different anchor configurations and bottom sediment types.
82044 OCT/20/1982 - OCT/20/1982 WHITEFOOT Brad Butman Recover mooring 263.
83018 FEB/5/1983 - FEB/11/1983 ENDEAVOR Richard Rendigs
83005 AUG/10/1983 - AUG/31/1983 GYRE James S. Booth Investigate the ages, causes, and types of mass wasting
84022 NOV/8/1984 - NOV/8/1984 ASTERIAS John Moody Deploy tripod #289 and recover anchor.
84023 NOV/8/1984 - NOV/8/1984 NEECHO Thomas O'Brien Shallow water, high-resolution reflection and refraction seismology utilizing and explosive sound source, 3 axis geophone and signle hydrophone sensors, and a sonobuoy telemetry system. Additionally, a USGS ocean-bottom seismograph was deployed.
84024 NOV/13/1984 - NOV/20/1984 OCEANUS Brad Butman 1) To recover an array of current meters and bottom instruments deployed on the Continental Slope in March 1984 (Slope Array III); 2) Conduct a hydrographic survey across the outer shelf and upper slope between 68 and 71 degrees W.
84031 MAY/16/1984 - MAY/23/1984 OCEANUS None This is a WHOI physical oceanography-currents cruise to the northwest Atlantic, part of the long-term upper ocean study. Deployed USGS mooring #283 on Mud Patch as replacement for possibly failed tripod.
84013 AUG/21/1984 - AUG/21/1984 ASTERIAS John Moody Deploy a modified bottom tripod off Naushon Island, Buzzards Bay.
84016 SEP/26/1984 - OCT/19/1984 ATLANTIC TWIN Gerald Edwards To obtain vibracores at selected targets (46) in the coastal waters of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.
84032 SEP/6/1984 - SEP/6/1984 ASTERIAS William Strahle Deploy mooring #386 in Buzzards Bay.
84020 OCT/22/1984 - OCT/22/1984 ASTERIAS John Moody Recover tripods #285 and #286.
84021 OCT/25/1984 - OCT/25/1984 ASTERIAS John Moody Deploy tripod #287 and grab samples for mud at 41.33N and 70.52W.
85001 JAN/14/1985 - JAN/14/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Recover 2 tripods; recover and deploy 1 subsurface mooring
85002 JAN/28/1985 - JAN/28/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Place tripod #291 on at Cleveland Ledge station. Retrieve tripod #292 from WHOI and place at mid-channel site.
85003 FEB/15/1985 - FEB/19/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Check location of tripods, #291 and #292. Repair tripod #291 s location that tipped.
85038 NOV/4/1985 - DEC/5/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Recover tripod #302 - had been deployed at 41.32N and 70.48.16 W in cruise report #85026.
85006 MAR/28/1985 - APR/9/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Recover moorings 290, 291, 292; and deploy moorings 293, 294, 295 in Buzzards Bay.
85009 APR/24/1985 - APR/24/1985 ASTERIAS
85015 MAY/17/1985 - MAY/17/1985 ASTERIAS
85014 MAY/16/1985 - MAY/16/1985 ASTERIAS Mini Navigation System testing
85020 JUN/19/1985 - JUN/28/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Deploy tripods #298, 299, 300. Recover tripods #293, #294, and #295. Confirm location of tripod #298.
85026 AUG/7/1985 - AUG/14/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Recover tripods #298 and 299 and subsurface mooring 300. Deploy tripods #302, and 304 and subsurface mooring 303.
85036 OCT/22/1985 - OCT/23/1985 ASTERIAS John Moody Recovery of tripods #302(BBC), #303(BBB), #304(BBA).
86001 FEB/25/1986 - FEB/25/1986 ASTERIAS John Moody Subsurface mooring #308 launched at station VSB.
86034 FEB/10/1986 - FEB/14/1986 ASTERIAS William Strahle Deploy mooring #305 at Site B, 306 and 307 at Site E, Cape Cod Bay.
86036 MAR/23/1986 - MAR/23/1986 PUFF John Moody Deploy special bottom platform with pressure sensor, conductivity meter and rotor in channel lower Bournes Pond.
86004 APR/20/1986 - APR/24/1986 GLORIA MICHELLE Page Valentine Bathymetric survey of Corsair Canyon and Georges Bank
86005 APR/28/1986 - APR/30/1986 ASTERIAS John Moody- Leg 2,3 Recover mooring #308 in Vineyard Sound. Recover two tripods (#305, 306) and three subsurface moorings (#307)in Cape Cod Bay.
86037 MAY/20/1986 - MAY/20/1986 ROWBOAT John Moody Deploy mooring #162 (TDR) Fishermans Cove, Bournes Pond.
86040 JUL/29/1986 - JUL/29/1986 WHALER Deploy mooring #313P (TDR #162 on pole) at entrance to Bournes Pond.
86035 JUL/9/1986 - JUL/9/1986 ASTERIAS William Strahle Deploy mooring 312.
86038 JUL/25/1986 - JUL/25/1986 PUFF John Moody Deploy special bottom platform in channel lower Bournes Pond.
86014 AUG/3/1986 - AUG/14/1986 EDWIN LINK Page Valentine Submersible, sidescan, sampling on Northeast Peak; assessment of juvenile cod abundance and habitat; sedimentary processes and environments; bottom currents.
86039 SEP/18/1986 - SEP/18/1986 PUFF John Moody
86020 SEP/4/1986 - SEP/4/1986 ASTERIAS Brad Butman One-day cruise to Buzzards Bay to retrieve tripod near New Bedford Harbor.
86021 SEP/9/1986 - SEP/13/1986 OCEANUS Michael Bothner, Chief Scientist Continued effort for Georges Bank Monitoring Program. Samples collected to determine the distribution of barium (a component of drilling mud) around the Bank and with depth in sediments. Samples were also collected to continue the monitoring of benthic infauna.
86041 SEP/7/1986 - SEP/7/1986 WHALER Recover mooring #313P from entrance to Bournes Pond.
86028 OCT/31/1986 - OCT/31/1986 NEECHO T. O'Brien This cruise is non-scientific in that the primary objective is to evaluate a data acquisition technique: SAMS (Stationary Array, Moving Source).
87002 JAN/20/1987 - JAN/22/1987 ASTERIAS Brad Butman Conduct detailed sidescan survey around 3 sites to aid in location of bottom tripod system.
87054 JAN/29/1987 - JAN/29/1987 DEBRA-IRENE John Moody Deploy mooring #316 off Cohasset in West Wilkes.
87052 JAN/29/1987 - JAN/29/1987 CAIJEN John Moody Deploy mooring 315 off Cat Island, Marblehead, MA.
87005 FEB/5/1987 - FEB/15/1987 OCEANUS Brad Butman The OCEANUS cruise was part of a continuing study of the hydrography, circulation and sediment transport in the Gulf of Maine. The specific objectives of the cruise were to: 1.) Conduct a detailed hydrographic survey of the Gulf of Maine; 2.) Recover 2 moorings in the Northeast Channel; 3.) Deploy 1 subsurface mooring in Rodgers Pass; 4.) Deploy instrumentation (3 tripods, 1 subsurface mooring and 3 surface buoys) in Massachusetts Bay.
87010 MAR/28/1987 - APR/25/1987 FARNELLA Dennis O Leary, John Hughes-Clark - CGS Long-range sidescan reconaissance survey for resource potential and geologic hazards in the US EEZ and on the Nova Scotian Rise (200m depth out to 200 mile boundary).
87011 APR/8/1987 - APR/10/1987 MARY LOUISE Brad Butman Recover 3 tripod systems deployed in Western Massachusetts Bay and conduct side-scan sonar surveys at each mooring location to define the local topography and bottom roughness.
87012 APR/15/1987 - APR/17/1987 MARY LOUISE Brad Butman Conduct a hydrographic survey of western Massachusetts Bay and Boston Harbor, following a period of record rainfall and stream runoff.
87055 APR/29/1987 - APR/29/1987 DEBRA-IRENE John Moody Recover mooring #316 off Cohasset, west Wilkes.
87053 APR/30/1987 - APR/30/1987 UNKNOWN John Moody Recover mooring 315 from Cat Island, Marblehead.
87020 MAY/12/1987 - MAY/12/1987 WHITE HEATH Brad Butman To recover three surface buoys with current meters at three location in Massachusetts Bay. The instruments were deployed as part of a study of currents and sediment transport in western Massachusetts Bay, and were deployed in February on the RV OCEANUS.
87024 JUN/16/1987 - JUL/17/1987 NEECHO Richard Rendigs To conduct a high resolution seismic reflection (uniboom) and side scan survey of Boston Harbor and selected offshore areas.
87032 JUL/29/1987 - AUG/7/1987 NEECHO Michael Bothner To collect sediment samples for geochemical and geotechnical measurements. In addition to sediment samples, a short sidescan sonar survey will be conducted around transponders at the three tripod sites occupied by Butman.
87049 JUL/1/1987 - JUL/15/1987 POWELL J.W. Page Valentine
87050 JUL/16/1987 - JUL/10/1987 GLORIA MICHELLE Page Valentine
88003 MAY/4/1988 - MAY/5/1988 ARGO MAINE Michael Bothner The purpose of this cruise is to collect sediment cores which will be analyzed for radioisotopes, heavy metals and toxic organic compounds.
88017 SEP/26/1988 - SEP/28/1988 ATLANTIC TWIN Rick Rendigs The objective of the cruise was to collect twelve vibracores from specified sites within Boston Harbor. The location of these sites was determined from selected high resolution seismic survey lines conducted during the summer of 1987 by the U.S. Geological Survey. The cores will be x-rayed, split, described, photographed and subsampled for geochemical, geotechnical and sedimentologica analyses. Correlation of lithologic results will be utilized to further define the Holocene and Pleistocene stratigraphic history of Boston Harbor.
89032 NOV/6/1989 - NOV/6/1989 NEECHO Hutchinson Ocean Bottom Seisometer Testing
89036 DEC/6/1989 - DEC/6/1989 NEECHO Ken Parolski Comparison tests of various subbottom profiling equipment. Test and evaluation of Klein analog and digital side scan systems.
89035 DEC/5/1989 - DEC/6/1989 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner To deploy an instrumented tripod, a subsurface mooring, and a near surface current meter from the Coast Guards large navigation buoy at the approach to Boston Harbor. In addition, sediment samples will be collected with a Van Veen grab sampler at two locations near the proposed offshore outfall for Bostons sewage treatment plant. Objective is to begin long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
89006 APR/2/1989 - APR/11/1989 ANDERSON Michael Bothner The primary objective for this cruise is to acquire the first complete sidescan-sonar coverage of an 81 square kilometer area that includes the proposed outfall site. Other objectives were to collect high-resolution seismic reflection and bathymetric data throughout the survey area and to collect sediment samples and take photographs and video of the sea floor at specific targets, identified using the sidescan results.
90002 MAR/27/1990 - MAR/29/1990 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner The objective of the program is to make long-term measurements of currents and sediment transport in the vicinity of the proposed ocean outfall in Massachusetts Bay. The purpose of this cruise was to recover and redeploy the instrumented moorings. Mooring design is shown in figure 2. Samples of bottom sediments are collected on each cruise required to service the instruments. This was the second in a series of six cruises during the 2 year period of the present Joint Funding Agreement between the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the USGS.
90016 JUL/10/1990 - JUL/11/1990 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner The objective of the program is to make long-term measurements of currents and sediment transport in the vicinity of the proposed ocean outfall in MA Bay. The purpose of this cruise was to recover and redeploy the instrumented moorings. Samples of bottom sediments are collected on each cruise required to service the instruments. This was the third in a series of 6 cruises during the two year period of the present Joint Funding Agreement between the MA Water Resources Authority and the USGS.
90029 AUG/30/1990 - AUG/30/1990 ASTERIAS Deborah Hutchinson A qualitative test of overall instrument performance of the USGS OBS and WHOI OBH, including mechanical and electronic components (i.e., full instrument deployment and recovery; recording of small shots at different azimuths and distances).
90030 AUG/23/1990 - AUG/23/1990 ASTERIAS Deborah Hutchinson A camparison of the hydrophone response of the WHOI OBH and USGS OBH to the same shots, and a test of the hard mount to the Tattletale model 6 in the USGS OBS.
90035 SEP/11/1990 - SEP/13/1990 MARLIN Brad Butman Deploy current moorings in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays to study circulation patterns. Instruments supplement moored array currently deployed by WHOI and UNH as part of Massachusetts Bays program.
90041 OCT/23/1990 - OCT/24/1990 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in Western Massachusetts Bay. Exchange tripod, subsurface mooring and near-surface current meter.
91001 JAN/14/1991 - JAN/15/1991 OCEANUS William Strahle Recover surface and subsurface moorings at 7 locations in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. The moored array is part of a study of coastal circulation and sediment transport.
91003 JAN/31/1991 - FEB/1/1991 OCEANUS William Strahle Deploy surface buoys and instrumentation at 6 sites in Greater Massachusetts Bay. This winter experiment is designed to study the resuspension and transport of fine-grained sediments by winter storms.
91004 FEB/7/1991 - FEB/7/1991 ARGO MAINE Brad Butman Deploy surface moorings at 3 locations in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. The moored array is part of a study of coastal circulation and sediment transport.
91005 FEB/12/1991 - FEB/13/1991 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner This cruise will be the fifth in the two year program jointly funded by the USGS and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. The US Coast Guard is generously providing ship time and at-sea support. The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
91046 APR/27/1991 - APR/27/1991 VINCIE N Marinna Martini Historic fishing vessel dragged and recovered subsurface mooring #369 in Massachusetts Bay.
91017 JUN/16/1991 - JUN/19/1991 ARGO MAINE Brad Butman Recover surface moorings, guard buoys and bottom tripod systems at 8 locations in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays. The moored array is part of a study of coastal circulation and sediment transport conducted by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of New Hampshire, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
91016 JUN/11/1991 - JUN/12/1991 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner This cruise will be the sixth in the two year program jointly funded by the USGS and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. The US Coast Guard is generously providing ship time and at-sea support. The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
91034 SEP/26/1991 - SEP/26/1991 ASTERIAS Bothner Sampling
91036 OCT/16/1991 - OCT/17/1991 WHITE HEATH Mike Bothner Recover and deploy tripod, samples, cores.
92002 FEB/11/1992 - FEB/12/1992 WHITE HEATH Mike Bothner Continuation of tests of differential GPS navigation systems. Recover and redeploy an instrumented tripod, a surface mooring, and a near surface current meter. Sediment samples collected with hydraulically damped gravity corer and van Veen grab sampler.
92001 FEB/11/1992 - FEB/11/1992 ASTERIAS Kenneth Parolski Test and evaluate Klein and EGandG sidescan sonar systems.
92029 MAR/2/1992 - MAR/4/1992 WHITE HEATH Marinna Martini Recover damaged mooring #389 using WHOI divers.
92007 MAY/15/1992 - MAY/21/1992 ARGO MAINE Mike Bothner To collect sediment samples, video and surface sediments.
92005 MAY/6/1992 - MAY/14/1992 ARGO MAINE Ronald Circe - Reston, VA Collect sidescan sonar data and ground truth (with grab samples) in order to complete a data set showing the surficial sedimentary environments in the research area.
92032 JUN/15/1992 - JUN/16/1992 WHITE HEATH William Strahle Deploy mooring #402 near LNB Buoy, Massachusetts Bay.
92008 JUN/2/1992 - JUN/2/1992 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay. LNB Buoy: 42d22.63N, 70d47.07W. Tripod 396. LNB Buoy: 42d22.61N, 70d46.96W. Subsurface Mooring 3971 and 3972 (2 VMCM, Seacat). LNB Buoy: 42d22.63N, 70d47.07W. Tripod 4001. LNB Buoy: 42d22.6092N, 70d46.9614W. Subsurface 4011 and 4012 (2 VMCM, 3 Seacat).
92026 OCT/20/1992 - OCT/21/1992 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Recover tripod #400 and moorings #401 and 402, and deploy tripod #407 and surface mooring and near surface current meter #408 at LNB Boston. Collect sediment samples with hydraulically damped corer and van Veen grab sampler.
93002 FEB/17/1993 - FEB/18/1993 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Recover moorings #407 and 408 (partial) and deploy mooring #414 (partial) at LNB Boston; sampling and subsampling.
93031 FEB/25/1993 - FEB/26/1993 WHITE HEATH William Strahle, Marinna Martini Deploy tripod #413 and sub-surface mooring #414 in Massachusetts Bay at LNB Site.
93003 FEB/25/1993 - FEB/26/1993 ASTERIAS William Strahle Recover remaining instruments from mooring #408.
93030 NOV/13/1993 - NOV/17/1993 DELAWARE II Page Valentine
93006 APR/19/1993 - APR/27/1993 DELAWARE II Page Valentine Collaboratiave research with NMFS: echosounding, sidescan sonar surveys, video, and bottom sampling of the southwestern part of Stellwagen Bank to map sedimentary environments and biological habitats.
93011 JUN/14/1993 - JUN/15/1993 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Recover moorings #413 and 414 and deploy moorings #420 and 421 at LNB Boston, sampling and subsampling.
93020 AUG/30/1993 - AUG/30/1993 ASTERIAS Mike Bothner Collect 3 replicate slow cores with TV video at 4 stations in Boston Harbor that we have sampled before (1977, 1978, and 1987).
93023 SEP/20/1993 - OCT/1/1993 ANDERSON, PETER W. Page Valentine Sidescan sonar survey of the bank, including video and sampling, to produce maps of the sedimentary environment and biological habitats.
93024 OCT/5/1993 - OCT/6/1993 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Recovered moorings #420 and 421 and deployed #428 and 429 in Massachusetts Bay; conducted sediment sampling and subsampling.
94040 FEB/15/1994 - FEB/17/1994 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Recover moorings #428 and 429 from Massachusetts Bay; deploy moorings #430 and 431 in Massachusetts Bay and #432 on Stellwagen Bank; sampling.
94008 NOV/6/1994 - DEC/5/1994 CREED Page Valentine; Bill Schwab Multibeam and bathy sidescan of small study area of Massachusetts Bay and the southern part of SBNMS. First cruise of three for the next two years.
94037 MAR/22/1994 - MAR/22/1994 ASTERIAS Ken Parolski Test 3.5 kHz configuration.
94032 APR/6/1994 - APR/15/1994 ALBATROSS IV Page Valentine Document character/distribution of fisheries habitats on the northern edge (US/Canada) of Georges Bank; quantify trawling/dredging on epibenthic megafauna in fished/unfished areas; sidescan future GLOBEC site; and re-sidescan storm/fisheries impacted Stellwagen Bank.
94035 APR/4/1994 - APR/4/1994 WHITE HEATH Marinna Martini Deploy tripod #438 to accompany existing moorings at site.
94026 JUN/20/1994 - JUN/29/1994 ASTERIAS Richard Rendigs - Chief Sci, Harley Knebel - Data Analysis Sidescan sonar and 3.5 kHz survey (reconnaissance) and sediment sampling (if time permits)
94022 JUN/7/1994 - JUN/8/1994 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner To recover/redeploy BASS and ADCP tripods and to collect sediment samples with the hydraulically damped corer and a van Veen grab sampler at 4 stations.
94020 JUN/22/1994 - JUN/22/1994 VENTURE Frank Manheim, Dann Blackwood Retrieve cobbles and hard substrates for analysis and use as monitor of water column contaminant. Seek areas of exposed hard-substrates.
94024 JUL/5/1994 - JUL/8/1994 ASTERIAS William Danforth Sidescan sonar survey in a localized area within Massachusetts bay. Video, van Veen grab samples and slow cores collected to enable ground-truthing of the sonar data.
94019 JUL/6/1994 - JUL/11/1994 WHITE HEATH Richard Signell Recover current meter array #432 and deploy #439 and 442 on Stellwagen Bank.
94014 SEP/8/1994 - SEP/13/1994 ARGO MAINE Page Valentine ROV survey, sampling, video observations of sedimentary environments and habitats.
94004 OCT/11/1994 - OCT/25/1994 FERREL Page Valentine Document character/distribution of fisheries habitats in SE Stellwagen Bank w/ sss, video, photo, and samples. Resurvey/sample areas surveyed April and Sep. 1993 to evaluate changes in dredge disturbance on seabed; prepare sediment distribution/bio habitat maps.
94007 OCT/18/1994 - OCT/22/1994 FERREL Robert Oldale, Richard Rendigs Collection of seismic reflection data for determining the geologic framework of Stellwagen Bank, Tillies Bank and Tillies Basin.
94015 OCT/4/1994 - OCT/5/1994 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner To recover and redeploy the 2 standard instrumented tripods and a subsurface mooring, and collect 3 hydraulically damped gravity cores (with video monitor) and van Veen grab samples.
94048 OCT/25/1994 - OCT/25/1994 WHITE HEATH William Strahle Recover mooring #439 and deploy #448 on Stellwagen Bank.
95017 FEB/14/1995 - FEB/15/1995 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay. This cruise will be the 17th in a program jointly funded by the USGS and the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority. The US Coast Guard is generously providing ship time and at-sea support. Time-series sediment traps and a remotely operated suspended matter sampler will be deployed on the subsurface mooring.
95039 DEC/19/1995 - DEC/19/1995 WHITE HEATH Marinna Martini Deploy tripod mooring #464, occupation 19 Dec., 1995 - 13 Feb., 1996.
95022 MAR/17/1995 - MAR/17/1995 WHITE HEATH Marinna Martini Inspect mooring.
95013 MAR/29/1995 - APR/26/1995 CREED Page Valentine Multibeam bathymetric and sidescan survey to finish southern, middle part of SBNMS (2nd cruise of 3 in 1995).
95029 APR/10/1995 - APR/10/1995 WHITE HEATH William Strahle Recover surface mooring #448 on Stellwagen Basin and attach surface marker to sub-surface mooring #452 in Greater Boston Harbor.
95028 MAY/24/1995 - MAY/25/1995 PHANTOM K. Parolski Conduct sidescan and subbottom survey of area to map sand distribution in area.
95015 MAY/5/1995 - MAY/7/1995 ANDERSON, PETER W. Page Valentine Acquire sediment samples and video and photographic images of the seabed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank.
95032 JUN/13/1995 - JUN/14/1995 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
95035 JUL/10/1995 - JUL/10/1995 WHITE HEATH Marinna Martini Deploy tripod #461.
95041 AUG/3/1995 - AUG/3/1995 MWRA Rick Rendigs Water sampling at selected navigational buoy sites in Boston Harbor for geochemical baseline measurements.
95038 SEP/26/1995 - SEP/27/1995 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
95036 SEP/15/1995 - SEP/20/1995 ANDERSON, PETER W. Page Valentine Acquire sediment samples, video, and photographic images of the seabed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank.
95012 OCT/5/1995 - OCT/13/1995 FERREL Page Valentine Acquire sidescan sonar imagery and sediment samples and video images of the seabed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank.
96020 JAN/29/1996 - JAN/29/1996 ASTERIAS Tom O'Brien Re-evaluate SIS-1000 following corrections to hardware.
96007 FEB/14/1996 - FEB/15/1996 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner This was the 20th USGS-MWRA cruise to monitor currents, sediment transport and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments using moored instruments and sediment sampling near the future sewage outfall for Boston in western Massachusetts Bay.
96019 FEB/1/1996 - FEB/1/1996 WHITE HEATH William Strahle Recover mooring #464 and rest of ADCP tripod #463.
96045 NOV/18/1996 - NOV/23/1996 SWASH-I Jeffrey List Testing and development of a system for surveying shoreline position using an ATV and post-processed differential GPS.
96043 NOV/19/1996 - DEC/14/1996 CREED Page Valentine, WC Schwab, Brad Butman Bathymetric and backscatter surveys using multibeam in NY Bight, Stellwagen NMS, and western Massachusetts Bay to outfall region.
96046 DEC/16/1996 - DEC/19/1996 SWASH-I Jeffrey List Testing and development of a system for surveying shoreline position using an ATV and post-processed differential GPS.
96032 APR/2/1996 - APR/26/1996 CREED Page Valentine Continue multibeam bathymetric and sidescan sonar survey of Stellwagen Bank NMS.
95033 APR/2/1996 - APR/26/1996 CREED Page Valentine Continue multibeam bathymetric and sidescan sonar survey of Stellwagen Bank NMS.
96025 MAY/16/1996 - MAY/23/1996 DIANE G Page Valentine Acquire sediment samples, video images, and still photos of the seabed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank NMS.
96012 JUN/11/1996 - JUN/11/1996 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner, William Strahle 21st USGS-MWRA-USCG long-term currents, sediment transport, physical/chemical sediment characteristics monitoring: recover moorings #465 and 466; deploy moorings #468, 469 and 470.
96049 JUL/9/1996 - JUL/9/1996 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Sampling and coring rescheduled from June 11 cruise (FA 96012) to July 9, 1996, with Ken Keay - MWRA. Second leg, 21st USGS-MWRA-USCG cruise (FA 96012): long-term currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical sediment characteristics monitoring.
96037 JUL/26/1996 - AUG/1/1996 ISABEL S Page Valentine Sampling, video and still observations of seabed to groundtruth multibeam survey for mapping. CTD casts.
96022 AUG/7/1996 - AUG/8/1996 ASTERIAS Michael Bothner Collect series of cores from 4 sites (sampled 3 times since 1977, most recently in 1993) to measure sedimentation and mixing rates in metals concentrations; compare changes in metals inventory from cores 1977-present. Collect 3 cores with 1 m barrels at each station; possible 2 m core from Station 8.
96023 OCT/1/1996 - OCT/2/1996 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner 22nd cruise monitoring currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay: Recover/redeploy standard tripod, small tripod - ADCP, suspended sediment sampler, hydraulically damped corer, van Veen, video, O2 profiler.
96038 OCT/7/1996 - NOV/2/1996 FERREL Page Valentine Conduct sidescan sonar surveys to image sedimentary environments and biological habitats. Acquire data from the sea bed that will be used to interpret sidescan sonar imagery and compile maps of Stellwagen Bank NMS.
97022 JAN/29/1997 - FEB/2/1997 SWASH-I Jeffrey List To develop and test a GPS system for measuring shoreline position changes. The specific purpose of this cruise was to test attitude sensors.
97015 FEB/11/1997 - FEB/13/1997 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
97050 NOV/21/1997 - NOV/26/1997 MASHPEE Dave Nichols To test and evaluate hi-resolution seismic techniques in shallow water environments.
97035 NOV/19/1997 - DEC/1/1997 CREED Brad Butman Complete multibeam survey of Massachusetts Bay.
97029 MAY/19/1997 - MAY/19/1997 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Dive to retrieve disabled tripod #479.
97016 JUN/10/1997 - JUN/10/1997 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner To conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments and suspended matter in western Massachusetts Bay.
97020 JUL/25/1997 - AUG/1/1997 ABEL J Page Valentine Sampling of sedimentary environments and biological assemblages and habitats for mapping purposes.
97042 AUG/22/1997 - AUG/22/1997 ASTERIAS Greg Miller Both OBSes that were previously deployed were recovered. The data will be used to analyze the effective response of the new 1Hz geophones and compare the response to the 4.5Hz data.
97041 AUG/13/1997 - AUG/13/1997 ASTERIAS Uri ten Brink 3 OBSes will be deployed to evaluate the 2 new prototype data loggers and compare the background noise levels of the new 1Hz geophones with the old 4.5Hz geophones.
97017 SEP/23/1997 - SEP/24/1997 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner The objective of the program is to conduct long-term monitoring of currents, sediment transport, and physical/chemical characteristics of sediments in western Massachusetts Bay.
97043 OCT/9/1997 - OCT/9/1997 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Brad Butman Attempt recovery of ADCP using divers.
97033 OCT/20/1997 - NOV/1/1997 FERREL Page Valentine Conduct sidescan sonar mapping of selected areas, sediment sampling, video and photo imagery.
97044 OCT/23/1997 - OCT/23/1997 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Brad Butman Deploy tripod #509 and sediment trap mooring off Scituate, MA.
98011 FEB/10/1998 - FEB/10/1998 WHITE HEATH Michael Bothner Exchange 2 instrumented moorings. Collect sediment cores at 2 stations. Deploy sediment-oxygen profiler at 2 stations. Collect water samples at the surface and bottom at the mooring site.
98057 NOV/13/1998 - NOV/13/1998 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98052 NOV/17/1998 - NOV/19/1998 JOHNS POND R. Rendigs Emplace sample bottles in lake sediments by SCUBA diving.
98060 DEC/29/1998 - DEC/29/1998 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98059 DEC/14/1998 - DEC/14/1998 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98058 DEC/2/1998 - DEC/2/1998 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98053 DEC/1/1998 - DEC/2/1998 JOHNS POND R. Rendigs Recover sample bottles emplaced in sediments in Johns Pond on 11/17 and 11/18/1998.
98019 MAR/25/1998 - MAR/25/1998 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Michael Bothner Deploy two moorings (#518 and 519) and recover mooring #509 off Scituate, MA.
98026 APR/15/1998 - APR/15/1998 JOHNS POND Dann Blackwood Set up transect lines and embed sample bottles using SCUBA in pond bottom to measure SD-5 plume contaminants.
98027 APR/23/1998 - APR/23/1998 JOHNS POND Dann Blackwood Recover headspace samplers from pond bottom in suspected discharge area of SD-5 Plume using SCUBA. Run samples through gas chromatograph on site.
98022 APR/28/1998 - MAY/1/1998 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Page Valentine Geological and biological sampling of biological habitats in area closed to fishing as of May 1, 1998.
98063 APR/14/1998 - APR/14/1998 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98021 MAY/8/1998 - MAY/23/1998 SWASH-I Jeff List To measure storm-induced shoreline erosion.
98028 JUN/17/1998 - JUN/19/1998 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings near the future outfall site in western Massachusetts Bay and off Scituate. Collect about 28 sediment cores from Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay. Collect oxygen profiles in sediments.
98037 JUL/28/1998 - JUL/29/1998 JOHNS POND R. Rendigs Emplace vapor diffusion sampling bottles into the bottom sediments by USGS SCUBA divers.
98039 JUL/30/1998 - JUL/30/1998 USCG 41 Peter W. Gill Collect bottom water samples.
98035 JUL/7/1998 - JUL/14/1998 WALDEN R. Rendigs Collection of bottom sediments and algae by USGS divers for scientific baseline of limnological properties of Walden Pond.
98017 JUL/16/1998 - JUL/30/1998 ISABEL S Page Valentine Sampling, video, and photography of the sea bed; conduct biological habitat surveys.
98041 AUG/10/1998 - AUG/11/1998 JOHNS POND R. Rendigs SCUBA operations to recover vapor diffusion sampling bottles emplaced into the lake sediments approx. two weeks ago.
98033 AUG/6/1998 - AUG/6/1998 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Brad Butman Conduct hydrographic survey as part of internal wave experiment. Describe and track internal waves using acoustics.
98040 AUG/20/1998 - AUG/20/1998 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Brad Butman Conduct hydrographic survey as part of internal wave experiment.
98032 AUG/30/1998 - SEP/3/1998 ARGO MAINE Brad Butman Recover moorings in Stellwagen Basin for internal wave experiment. Conduct hydrographic survey.
98031 AUG/3/1998 - AUG/7/1998 ARGO MAINE Brad Butman Deploy moorings in Massachusetts Bay for internal wave experiment. Conduct hydrographic survey.
98029 SEP/30/1998 - OCT/18/1998 FERREL Page Valentine Hi-res seismic survey; sampling, video, and photos of sea bed.
98043 SEP/15/1998 - SEP/15/1998 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98044 SEP/30/1998 - OCT/1/1998 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings off Boston and Scituate. Collect sediment cores and sediment-oxygen profiles near the future sewage outfall location. Collect water samples at the surface and bottom at the mooring site.
98054 OCT/1/1998 - OCT/1/1998 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98056 OCT/30/1998 - OCT/30/1998 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98055 OCT/15/1998 - OCT/15/1998 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
98015 OCT/27/1998 - NOV/24/1998 CREED Brad Butman, Page Valentine, Bill Schwab Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter.
99030 JAN/25/1999 - JAN/25/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99029 JAN/12/1999 - JAN/12/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99032 FEB/19/1999 - MAR/3/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Series of storm shoreline surveys on Cape Cod.
99031 FEB/10/1999 - FEB/10/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99007 FEB/10/1999 - FEB/11/1999 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings at two locations and collect sediment cores at two long-term monitoring stations. We made measurements of oxygen profiles at the sediment stations. Water samples were collected for total suspended matter measurements at the surface and bottom at Station 3.
99052 NOV/15/1999 - NOV/15/1999 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99058 NOV/30/1999 - DEC/5/1999 SWASH-I Jeffrey List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99063 NOV/18/1999 - NOV/18/1999 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Recover Micropod with NOPP instrumentation.
99059 DEC/14/1999 - DEC/15/1999 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99066 DEC/20/1999 - DEC/20/1999 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99060 DEC/30/1999 - DEC/30/1999 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99016 MAR/25/1999 - MAR/25/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99015 MAR/12/1999 - MAR/12/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99011 MAR/18/1999 - MAR/26/1999 DELAWARE II Page Valentine Sampling (video, photo, sediment) and subbottom profiling.
99021 MAR/26/1999 - MAR/26/1999 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Brad Butman Deploy subsurface mooring #568 for MWRA cooperative.
99018 APR/26/1999 - APR/26/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99027 APR/13/1999 - APR/13/1999 ASTERIAS Uri ten Brink Test OBS design.
99017 APR/8/1999 - APR/8/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99019 MAY/10/1999 - MAY/10/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99008 MAY/11/1999 - MAY/12/1999 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings at two locations and collect sediment cores at two long-term monitoring stations. We will also make measurements of oxygen profiles at the sediment stations.
99020 MAY/24/1999 - MAY/24/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99040 MAY/26/1999 - MAY/26/1999 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Brad Butman Locate and recover tripod by means of divers (failed release).
99034 JUN/17/1999 - JUN/17/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99043 JUN/29/1999 - JUL/1/1999 ASHUMET POND R. Rendigs Recovery of diffusion sample bottles emplaced in the pond sediments during the week of 6-14-99.
99042 JUN/14/1999 - JUN/17/1999 ASHUMET POND R. Rendigs SCUBA diving - emplace diffusion samplers into pond sediments.
99024 JUL/13/1999 - JUL/30/1999 ISABEL S Page Valentine Sampling, video, and photography to groundtruth seabed imagery and define habitats.
99035 JUL/15/1999 - JUL/15/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99037 AUG/26/1999 - AUG/26/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99036 AUG/13/1999 - AUG/13/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99039 SEP/30/1999 - SEP/30/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99038 SEP/16/1999 - SEP/17/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod, with additional day for Tropical Storm Floyd erosion survey.
99049 SEP/7/1999 - SEP/7/1999 SWASH-II Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99009 SEP/21/1999 - SEP/22/1999 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings at two locations and collect sediment cores at two long-term monitoring stations. We will also measure oxygen profiles at the sediment stations.
99050 OCT/19/1999 - OCT/19/1999 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99051 OCT/29/1999 - OCT/29/1999 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
99062 OCT/15/1999 - OCT/15/1999 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Deploy Micropod with NOPP instrumentation.
00008 JAN/26/2000 - JAN/26/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00006 JAN/12/2000 - JAN/12/2000 SWASH-II Jeffrey List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00026 FEB/2/2000 - FEB/2/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00009 FEB/11/2000 - FEB/11/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00010 FEB/29/2000 - FEB/29/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00002 FEB/15/2000 - FEB/16/2000 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Mooring turn-around and sediment sampling.
00081 NOV/3/2000 - NOV/3/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
00087 NOV/7/2000 - NOV/8/2000 RAFAEL Bill Schwab Demonstrate Submetrix interferometric sidescan sonar capabilities.
00086 NOV/13/2000 - DEC/19/2000 RAFAEL Lawrence Poppe We will be collecting high-resolution, Chirp and boomer subbottom data to map the Quaternary stratigraphy beneath Wellfleet Harbor and Cape Cod Bay along the western coast of Wellfleet and Truro. The stratigraphic data will be used in models of the glacial aquifer, and for locating wells on land.
00082 NOV/20/2000 - NOV/20/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
00085 NOV/14/2000 - NOV/14/2000 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Set tripods #635 and 636; turn around tripod #628; investigate cause of failure of telemetry at the Boston B-Buoy.
00084 DEC/19/2000 - DEC/19/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
00083 DEC/4/2000 - DEC/4/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
00020 MAR/27/2000 - MAR/27/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00019 MAR/15/2000 - MAR/23/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod, extended for the "St. Patrick s Day Storm".
00048 MAR/28/2000 - MAR/29/2000 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Deploy NOPP Tripod and Mooring with WHOI; recover USGS Tripod #593 that failed to respond in Feb. USGS divers will be utilized.
00032 APR/27/2000 - APR/27/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00031 APR/12/2000 - APR/12/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00033 MAY/9/2000 - MAY/9/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00003 MAY/9/2000 - MAY/10/2000 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Recovery of moorings #611-615 and deployment of moorings #624-627 at the Boston Approach Buoy.
00011 JUN/5/2000 - JUN/9/2000 FERREL Page Valentine Geological and biological observations; video/photo/grab sampling. Research area is 42deg05 N to 42deg48 N and 70deg02 W to 70deg36 W.
00034 JUN/7/2000 - JUN/7/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00035 JUL/5/2000 - JUL/5/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00062 JUL/19/2000 - JUL/19/2000 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Deployment of NOPP/WHOI/USGS Tripods and Buoys.
00061 JUL/9/2000 - JUL/9/2000 MARCUS HANNA M. Bothner The cruise objective is to collect sediment cores at 6 long-term monitoring stations within Boston Harbor. The cores will be used to determine the concentrations and inventories of heavy metals. The previous work at these stations has documented a 50% decrease in metal concentrations in surface sediments between 1977 and 1993. This sampling will check conditions just before the sewage outfall is changed from Deer Island (at the mouth of the harbor) to the new location 9 miles offshore.
00071 AUG/23/2000 - AUG/23/2000 TURNERS FALLS Richard Rendigs Install/recover instrument package.
00039 AUG/31/2000 - AUG/31/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00038 AUG/14/2000 - AUG/14/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00037 AUG/3/2000 - AUG/3/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00066 AUG/18/2000 - AUG/18/2000 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Repair telemetry equipment. Recover tripod at Boston site. Check tripod at mooring at Scituate site.
00070 AUG/17/2000 - AUG/18/2000 ASTERIAS M. Bothner Collect cores at long-term monitoring stations in Cape Cod Bay. This work supports the Outfall Monitoring Program and is scheduled on short notice to collect samples before the outfall begins on September 6, 2000.
00040 SEP/13/2000 - SEP/13/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00041 SEP/25/2000 - SEP/27/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00065 SEP/5/2000 - SEP/11/2000 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Page Valentine Video/still imagery and sediment sampling in SBNMS.
00074 SEP/22/2000 - SEP/22/2000 PENDANT M. Bothner Deploy two benthic chambers ("squirts") near the long-term Station 3. The purpose is to measure the flux of metals and nutrients from sediments. Discharge of sewage effluent from the Massachusetts Bay outfall began on September 6.
00004 SEP/26/2000 - SEP/28/2000 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Three day trips were completed. Day 1: Exchanged moorings off Boston and Scituate. Day 2: Collected sediment cores with the new hydraulically damped corer at Stations 2, 3 and 3b (near the benthic chamber deployment site). Deployed and recovered oxygen profiler - 2 times at Station 3 and once at Station 2. Recovered one benthic chamber by SCUBA divers. The second chamber was not found. Day 3: An attempt was made to recover the lost slow corer from location east of Stellwagen Bank at 200 m water depth. A three grapling hook assembly (on an 8-foot spreader) was used with a camera attached to the middle hook. Dann Blackwood arranged 6 submersible flashlights on the central hook which did a good job illuminating to the side and bottom. The whole assemblage was lowered on half-inch tenex rope (breaking strength about 11,000 lbs). Approximately 2 hours were spent on and around the last known position of the core. It was not seen in the camera, nor was it hooked during the dragging operation.
00079 OCT/5/2000 - OCT/5/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00080 OCT/18/2000 - OCT/18/2000 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled bi-weekly shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
00073 OCT/24/2000 - OCT/28/2000 FERREL Page Valentine Mapping sea floor environments; groundtruthing with video/photo.
01026 JAN/30/2001 - JAN/30/2001 USCG 41 Michael Bothner Collect short cores for Metal Flux Study in order to test gel probes against the centrifuge pore water extraction method. Samples were collected around the long-term Station 8 in the Boston Harbor study. Target position: 42deg, 17 min, 28.688 sec N, 070 deg, 55 min, 48.507 sec W. This location is west of the typical Station 8 in order to avoid a concentrated mat of Ampilisca (amphipod) tubes. These tubes make it diffcult to cut the core for pore water studies.
01002 JAN/4/2001 - JAN/4/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01003 JAN/17/2001 - JAN/17/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01048 FEB/3/2001 - FEB/4/2001 NOBSKA Tom O'Brien Geologic mapping of a 1 X 3 mile area south of Martha's Vineyard.
01027 FEB/16/2001 - FEB/16/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01004 FEB/1/2001 - FEB/1/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01022 FEB/13/2001 - FEB/14/2001 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings, collect sediment samples for long-term monitoring and for analysis of pore water, and deploy oxygen profiler.
01078 NOV/9/2001 - NOV/9/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01074 NOV/12/2001 - DEC/1/2001 RAFAEL Bill Schwab Complete sea-floor survey of ONR site.
01086 DEC/14/2001 - DEC/14/2001 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Recover Scituate NOPP tripod using divers.
01082 DEC/21/2001 - DEC/21/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01079 DEC/6/2001 - DEC/6/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01085 DEC/5/2001 - DEC/5/2001 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Service equipment on buoy; recover tripod #663.
01028 MAR/7/2001 - MAR/7/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01029 MAR/16/2001 - MAR/21/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01030 MAR/30/2001 - MAR/30/2001 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01051 MAR/20/2001 - MAR/20/2001 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Recover NOPP Test Tripod and Scituate Sub Surface Mooring #633. Both of these objectives will require Divers. Also recover NOPP Surface Buoy.
01031 APR/19/2001 - APR/19/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01032 APR/30/2001 - APR/30/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01033 MAY/15/2001 - MAY/15/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01023 MAY/23/2001 - MAY/24/2001 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings, collect sediment cores, and deploy oxygen profiler and benthic chambers.
01034 JUN/8/2001 - JUN/8/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01049 JUN/4/2001 - JUN/8/2001 RAFAEL M. Bothner One day trip to deploy a benthic chamber and a second day trip to recover the chamber 4-5 days later. Dates are uncertain. The benthic chambers will measure the flux of metals and nutrients from the sediments of Hull Bay. The chamber weighs about 150 lbs in air and is in the shape of a tripod, 3 feet on a side. A detachable black and white camera will be used to check the placement on the bottom.
01015 JUN/11/2001 - JUN/22/2001 DELAWARE II Page Valentine USGS/NMFS benthic habitats studies: sediment samples, video/photo, otter trawl samples, sidescan sonar imagery
01061 JUN/20/2001 - JUN/20/2001 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Rescue tripod; repair tripod.
01035 JUL/11/2001 - JUL/11/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01057 JUL/9/2001 - JUL/19/2001 RAFAEL D. Foster, L. Poppe Collected high-resolution, Chirp and boomer subbottom data to map the Quaternary stratigraphy east of Wellfleet, Truro and Eastham. The stratigraphic data will be used in models of the glacial aquifer, and for locating wells on land.
01068 AUG/16/2001 - AUG/16/2001 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Sidescan search and diver recovery of stranded tripod #635; move mooring.
01037 AUG/21/2001 - AUG/21/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01071 AUG/10/2001 - OCT/17/2001 SNAKE POND Richard Rendigs USGS diver installed diffusion samplers into the lake sediments.
01036 AUG/8/2001 - AUG/8/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01060 AUG/27/2001 - AUG/31/2001 CONNECTICUT Page Valentine Geological and biological observations and sampling for habitat mapping.
01067 AUG/24/2001 - AUG/31/2001 NOBSKA Bill Schwab Image ONR Study Site on south side of Martha's Vineyard.
01038 SEP/7/2001 - SEP/7/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01039 SEP/20/2001 - SEP/20/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01069 SEP/17/2001 - SEP/17/2001 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Install electronics on buoy, deploy tripod #663.
01072 SEP/6/2001 - SEP/26/2001 SMALL BOAT Rick Rendigs Emplace and recover diffusion sampler bottles from the lake sediments.
01080 OCT/29/2001 - OCT/29/2001 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Turn around tripod and sub-surface moorings as part of the Massachusetts Bay experiment.
01024 OCT/23/2001 - OCT/23/2001 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings off Boston. Collect sediment cores and deploy oxygen profiler at Stations 2 and 3 near the Massachusetts Bay outfall. Deploy benthic chambers at Station 3. (Scituate moorings will be exchanged using the CHRISTOPHER ANDREW.)
01065 OCT/29/2001 - NOV/9/2001 DELAWARE II Page Valentine Collaborative habitat research and mapping with NMFS; sediment samples, video and photo, otter trawl samples, sidescan imagery
01077 OCT/12/2001 - OCT/12/2001 SWASH-II Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
01070 OCT/4/2001 - OCT/9/2001 RAFAEL M. Bothner On October 4 we deployed two benthic chambers and collected 6 sediment cores (by SCUBA). Recovered chambers on Oct. 9, 2001.
02022 JAN/10/2002 - JAN/16/2002 RAFAEL M. Bothner Jan. 10: deployed two benthic chambers. On Jan. 16 the chambers were recovered. Eight diver push cores were collected.
02005 JAN/8/2002 - JAN/8/2002 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
02006 JAN/25/2002 - JAN/25/2002 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
02026 FEB/5/2002 - FEB/6/2002 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moored instruments and collect sediment samples at the USGS long-term stations near Buoy B in Massachusetts Bay and offshore of Scituate.
02008 FEB/20/2002 - FEB/20/2002 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
02068 DEC/13/2002 - DEC/13/2002 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
02043 APR/11/2002 - APR/11/2002 RAFAEL David R. Nichols Testing of sound velocimeter interface to Submetrix Swath Bathy System.
02044 APR/8/2002 - APR/8/2002 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Deploy telemetry mooring and tripods #687 and 688 off Scituate.
02064 APR/23/2002 - APR/23/2002 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Recover NOPP surface mooring #688: damaged?
02040 MAY/2/2002 - MAY/8/2002 RAFAEL M. Bothner On May 2, deployed 2 benthic chambers. On May 8 the chambers were recovered. Six diver push cores were collected.
02045 MAY/21/2002 - MAY/22/2002 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings at the LNB site and off Scituate. Collect sediment samples and oxygen profiles at our long-term monitoring stations.
02047 JUN/5/2002 - JUN/7/2002 RAFAEL Rob Thieler Map shallow geologic framework of L Hommedieu Shoal.
02048 JUN/20/2002 - JUN/20/2002 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Set tripod #693; install telemetry equipment on USCG buoy.
02049 JUL/8/2002 - JUL/8/2002 RAFAEL Michael Bothner Collected 5 sediment cores (~25cm of sed. recovered in each core) from Hull Bay with SCUBA divers. Cores were sectioned and analyzed by WHOI scientists (Jen Morford and Linda Kalnejais). Sediment and pore water samples were analyzed.
02052 AUG/8/2002 - AUG/8/2002 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Diagnose telemetry problems on B-buoy.
02029 SEP/9/2002 - SEP/13/2002 FERREL Page Valentine Geologic studies of benthic habitats in the Stellwagen Bank NMS region.
02058 SEP/26/2002 - SEP/27/2002 ASTERIAS Michael Bothner Video bottom, deploy benthic chambers, video chambers on bottom, take diver push cores and video coring process.
02067 SEP/11/2002 - SEP/11/2002 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
02056 SEP/19/2002 - SEP/19/2002 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Repair telemetry on B-buoy and redeploy mooring #693A.
02055 OCT/15/2002 - OCT/29/2002 RAFAEL David Foster We will be testing equipment and mapping areas of interest in Nantucket Sound in the area of Horseshoe Shoal. The survey will include high-resolution subbottom, bathymetry, and sidescan sonar acquisition.
02059 OCT/2/2002 - OCT/2/2002 ASTERIAS Dann Blackwood Recover benthic chambers.
02046 OCT/22/2002 - OCT/25/2002 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings at the Boston B Buoy.
03053 NOV/4/2003 - NOV/6/2003 ASTERIAS David Foster Testing Chirp subbottom systems. We will be comparing the Knudsen 320BR system with the Edgetech 512i system. The Knudsen 320BR is being deployed from the RV Rafael.
03052 NOV/6/2003 - NOV/6/2003 RAFAEL David Foster Testing Chirp subbottom systems. We will be comparing the Knudsen 320BR system with the Edgetech 512i system. The Edgetech 512i is being deployed from the RV Asterias.
03054 DEC/3/2003 - DEC/5/2003 RAFAEL Danforth/Denny Test new SEA Submetrix transducer electronic modules (TEM) upgrades.
03024 MAR/20/2003 - MAR/20/2003 ASTERIAS Richard Rendigs USGS divers assisted with the deployment of WHOI benthic chambers.
03023 MAR/23/2003 - MAR/26/2003 OCEANUS Page Valentine Seabed photographic imagery and sidescan from AUVs for habitat mapping and classification.
03025 MAR/24/2003 - MAR/24/2003 ASTERIAS Charles Worley Divers will assist with the deployment of the 2 Benthic chambers to the ocean bottom and collect push cores near the site.
03020 MAR/29/2003 - MAR/31/2003 CONNECTICUT Michael Bothner Exchange moorings and collect sediment samples. This is part of the long-term USGS-MWRA cooperative study.
03028 APR/23/2003 - APR/23/2003 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Deploy Scituate tripod and sub-surface mooring, recover NOPP surface mooring, and recover Scituate tripod and sub-surface mooring.
03062 MAY/23/2003 - MAY/23/2003 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
03031 MAY/21/2003 - MAY/23/2003 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Michael Bothner Recover Tripod #697 from Boston, #699 from Scituate.
03029 JUN/2/2003 - JUN/3/2003 ASTERIAS David Foster Test and compare boomer seismic system with Edgetech Chirp 512 system. Locate paleochannels between Woods Hole and Waquoit Bay.
03034 JUN/12/2003 - JUN/12/2003 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW M. Bothner Collect sediment cores at two long-term monitoring stations in Massachusetts Bay near the outfall for Bostons treated sewage.
03035 JUN/17/2003 - JUN/17/2003 RAFAEL Michael Bothner Deploy oxygen profiling instrument at long-term Monitoring Stations 3 and 2; test grab sampler.
03030 JUL/21/2003 - JUL/29/2003 ASTERIAS Marinna Martini Deploy and recover tripods for test of instrumentation.
03014 AUG/22/2003 - AUG/28/2003 CONNECTICUT Page Valentine Sea floor habitat research.
03040 AUG/8/2003 - AUG/8/2003 ASTERIAS Dann Blackwood Recover benthic chambers (squirts).
03063 AUG/29/2003 - AUG/29/2003 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod.
03037 AUG/4/2003 - AUG/4/2003 ASTERIAS Dann Blackwood Deploy WHOI Osprey and Squirts at Mud Site and take diver cores.
03057 AUG/27/2003 - AUG/27/2003 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Marinna Martini Deploy NOPP surface mooring #734 off Scituate, MA.
03041 SEP/2/2003 - SEP/10/2003 ASTERIAS David Foster Subbottom survey of Vineyard Sound using Edgetech 512i Chirp system. The survey objective is to collect a grid of subbottom data to define the Quaternary geologic framework of the area in relation to the onshore geology.
03007 SEP/22/2003 - OCT/15/2003 RAFAEL Brad Butman, Ilya Buynevich High-resolution geologic mapping and characterization of the sea floor offshore of Massachusetts.
03043 SEP/24/2003 - SEP/25/2003 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings offshore of Boston and Scituate. Collect sediment cores and deploy oxygen profiler and benthic chambers at long-term sediment monitoring sites.
03045 SEP/10/2003 - SEP/12/2003 RAFAEL Charles Worley Test new Submetrix system.
03015 OCT/28/2003 - NOV/7/2003 DELAWARE II Page Valentine Sea floor habitat mapping and research.
03051 OCT/24/2003 - OCT/24/2003 RAFAEL Michael Bothner Using SCUBA divers, collect 8 sediment cores from Hull Bay (Station 8) for geochemical analysis.
04017 JAN/13/2004 - JAN/13/2004 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod National Seashore.
04016 FEB/5/2004 - FEB/6/2004 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings at the Boston B Buoy. Recover moorings at the site off Scituate. On the second day, collect sediment cores and sediment-oxygen profiles at Stations 2 and 3.
04015 FEB/23/2004 - MAR/16/2004 OCEAN EXPLORER Brad Butman Carry out multibeam survey (bathymetry and backscatter intensity) of an area offshore of Massachusetts in the southern Merrimack Embayment in the western Gulf of Maine. The survey will be carried out under contract by the University of New Hampshire.
04053 NOV/3/2004 - NOV/3/2004 ASHUMET POND Chuck R. Worley Service monitoring wells.
04065 DEC/31/2004 - DEC/31/2004 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Recover drifting mooring #774 in Massachusetts Bay.
04002 APR/12/2004 - MAY/7/2004 RAFAEL Brad Butman / Jane Denny Phase I - Complete geophysical mapping of the South Essex Sanctuary (Gloucester to Nahant; 40 m to 10 m water depth). Phase II - Conduct ground validation survey of 100 target stations in the survey area.
04023 APR/7/2004 - APR/8/2004 CHRISTOPHER ANDREW Jonathan Borden Recover Boston and Scituate tripods.
04034 MAY/11/2004 - MAY/11/2004 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod National Seashore.
04011 MAY/24/2004 - JUN/4/2004 RAFAEL Larry Poppe Bottom sampling and photography to ground-truth multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data.
04014 MAY/17/2004 - MAY/20/2004 RAFAEL / HAENI John Bratton Electrical resistivity surveying and radium/radon sampling.
04038 MAY/26/2004 - MAY/28/2004 CCNS UNMOTORIZED / ON FOOT John Crusius Geochem reconnaissance of Salt Pond; one day sampling only, most likely.
04026 MAY/19/2004 - MAY/20/2004 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange long-term moorings, collect sediment cores, obtain oxygen profiles within surface sediment, collect horse mussels using SCUBA from rocky bottoms near outfall, and deploy benthic chambers to measure fluxes of dissolved constituents in sediment-pore waters.
04033 MAY/19/2004 - MAY/19/2004 RAFAEL Tom O'Brien Test sidescan systems.
04040 JUN/28/2004 - JUL/2/2004 CCNS BOATS John Crusius Ground/surface water sampling.
04054 JUN/23/2004 - JUN/23/2004 RAFAEL M. Bothner Recover two benthic chambers in Hingham Bay and collect several diver-collected push cores. The benthic chambers were previously deployed by WHOI scientists W. Martin and J. Goudreau on 6/16/04 from the Rafael (HB-0604).
04039 JUN/2/2004 - JUN/3/2004 ASHUMET POND Richard Rendigs Install drive point well heads and diffusion gradient samplers.
04035 JUN/14/2004 - JUN/18/2004 CCNS BOATS John Crusius Groundwater and surface water sampling and measurements for quantifying sub-estuarine groundwater discharge.
04025 JUN/16/2004 - JUN/16/2004 RAFAEL M. Bothner Deploy 2 benthic chambers in Hingham Bay (Station 8) and collect up to 8 diver-collected push cores. Return in about 1 week to recover the benthic chambers.
04010 JUN/20/2004 - JUN/26/2004 NANCY FOSTER Page Valentine Habitat studies and mapping.
04046 AUG/18/2004 - AUG/18/2004 TIOGA Dann Blackwood Deploy Bill Martins SQUIRTS and take diver cores.
04043 AUG/3/2004 - AUG/9/2004 WRD DRILL RIG Richard Rendigs Diver-assisted installation of seepage meters and minipiezometers.
04048 SEP/3/2004 - SEP/3/2004 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod National Seashore.
04050 SEP/30/2004 - SEP/30/2004 RAFAEL John Crusius Initial deployment of radon mapping system on Sep. 30th.
04019 SEP/13/2004 - SEP/17/2004 RAFAEL Brad Butman Bottom sampling, video and photography for ground-truthing multibeam bathymetric data.
04032 SEP/22/2004 - SEP/23/2004 ABBIE BURGESS Michael Bothner Exchanged long-term moorings at Station A off Boston. Collected 8 sediment cores. Deployed and recovered oxygen profiler. Deployed benthic chambers.
04049 SEP/8/2004 - SEP/8/2004 TIOGA Michael Bothner To deploy oxygen profiler and benthic chambers and collect 6 cores from Station 7 (in Cape Cod Bay SW of Provincetown). The slow corer will be used in the gravity mode and the piston mode.
04041 SEP/19/2004 - OCT/2/2004 THOMAS JEFFERSON Larry Poppe Multibeam bathymetric surveying for charting applications.
05012 FEB/23/2005 - FEB/23/2005 CONNECTICUT Uri ten Brink Deploy gumbymoor as a test for a real-time OBS.
05003 FEB/9/2005 - FEB/9/2005 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings and collect sediment cores at long-term sites in Massachusetts Bay.
05010 FEB/16/2005 - FEB/16/2005 SWASH-I Jeff List Shoreline survey on Cape Cod National Seashore.
05048 NOV/21/2005 - NOV/21/2005 RAFAEL Jane Denny Geophysical survey in Boston Harbor - sidescan sonar and swath bathymetry of small area to be used as habitat vitalization by MA Division of Marine Fisheries.
05020 MAY/2/2005 - MAY/2/2005 SWASH-I Jeff List Scheduled shoreline survey on Cape Cod National Seashore.
05021 MAY/4/2005 - MAY/4/2005 RAFAEL Mr. R. Rendigs USGS scientific dive team members checkout dive.
05022 MAY/18/2005 - MAY/19/2005 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Exchange moorings, collect sediment cores, and conduct geochemical experiments at long-term sites in Massachusetts Bay. Collect additional cores at long-term monitoring stations in Boston Harbor.
05051 JUN/15/2005 - AUG/20/2005 KAYAK John Crusius Map radon in ground-water discharge in West Falmouth Harbor, MA with instrument mounted on sailboat platform towed by kayak.
05025 JUN/6/2005 - JUN/8/2005 ARGO MAINE Marinna Martini Deploy mooring #792.
05007 JUN/13/2005 - JUN/17/2005 RAFAEL Larry Poppe Groundtruth NOAA multibeam survey H11076 of Quicks Hole with bottom sampling and photography.
05023 JUN/2/2005 - JUN/3/2005 LOONEY Jonathan Borden Dive for remains of collapsed mooring 787. Inspect tripod 786 and mooring 788 to determine their status after the northeast storm of 5/25/05.
05031 JUL/19/2005 - OCT/7/2005 DOCK Dann Blackwood Assess tunicate growth on pilings; sample, and deploy sample cages.
05030 JUL/20/2005 - JUL/20/2005 ACHILLES INFLATABLE Dann Blackwood Locate and connect monitoring wells to instruments.
05035 AUG/22/2005 - AUG/26/2005 TGandB BARGE John Bratton Drilling from barge using ATV-mounted rig (supplied by USGS-WRD-Northborough, MA) to collect ground-water samples from beneath Salt Pond, Salt Pond Bay, and connecting channel.
05032 AUG/29/2005 - AUG/29/2005 CONNECTICUT Chris Sherwood Deploy tripods at MVCO in conjunction with ONR OASIS project.
05033 AUG/15/2005 - AUG/15/2005 USCG 49 FOOT BUOY TENDER Michael Bothner Collect sediment cores from Monitoring Stations 4 and 8 in Boston Harbor for metals analysis.
05005 SEP/6/2005 - SEP/21/2005 CONNECTICUT Walter Barnhardt Seafloor mapping to: 1) support management of ocean resources; 2) clarify the post-glacial history of sea-level change in the region; 3) reconstruct coastal environments and quantifying rates of change over the last few thousand years; and 4) develop a sediment budget for the coastal system, which is experiencing chronic erosion.
05038 SEP/28/2005 - SEP/29/2005 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Recover moorings, deploy small tripod, SCUBA dive for horse mussels, collect sediment cores, and deploy and recover sediment probe for oxygen profiles and fluxes.
05043 SEP/22/2005 - SEP/22/2005 CONNECTICUT Chris Sherwood Recover tripods and profiling winch. Take bottom and water samples.
06011 JAN/17/2006 - JAN/17/2006 DEER ISLAND TREATMENT PLANT Michael Bothner Tour of the Deer Island Treatment Plant.
06007 FEB/28/2006 - FEB/28/2006 TERRAPIN John Bratton CRP surveying in Salt Pond/Nauset Marsh at CCNS.
06003 FEB/8/2006 - FEB/8/2006 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Recover an instrumented tripod (#805) at Massachusetts Bay Station A. Collect sediment cores at Stations 2 and 3. Deploy oxygen probe and benthic chambers. Collect water samples for determination of radium and radon concentrations.
06009 FEB/22/2006 - FEB/22/2006 DOCK Dann Blackwood Periodic video surveys of tunicate growth on pilings.
06039 NOV/15/2006 - NOV/29/2006 RAFAEL Richard Signell Test Edgetech Chirp 512i in shallow water environment.
06038 NOV/7/2006 - NOV/7/2006 RAFAEL Rich Signell To re-survey the sandwave field around Middle Ground after the Oct. 29-30, 2006 storm event.
06016 APR/19/2006 - APR/19/2006 GLORIA MICHELLE Richard Signell Survey a previously observed sand wave field northwest of Great Ledge at slack low and slack high water to determine if these sand waves change during the tidal cycle.
06019 MAY/8/2006 - JUN/6/2006 VENTURE Dann Blackwood Occupy 50 SEABOSS stations to collect seafloor sediment samples, video transects and still camera photos.
06020 JUN/21/2006 - JUN/28/2006 ON FOOT John Crusius To estimate groundwater flux to West Falmouth Harbor using primarily radon and radium as radioisotopic tracers of ground water.
06037 JUL/3/2006 - JUL/7/2006 WHSC RAFT John Crusius Anchored platform for Rad7 detector in West Falmouth Harbor.
06005 JUL/24/2006 - JUL/27/2006 RAFAEL Larry Poppe Groundtruth NOAA multibeam survey H11079 of Great Round Shoal with bottom sampling and photography.
06021 JUL/20/2006 - AUG/3/2006 ON FOOT John Crusius To collect shoreline groundwater samples from pre-dug cluster wells and piezometers for radioisotope analyses including radon and radium to support surface water analyses to be conducted during summer 2006 (field activity #06020).
06025 JUL/7/2006 - JUL/7/2006 TERRAPIN / KAYAK John Crusius Radon mapping and radon discrete water column sampling to assess groundwater discharge.
06027 AUG/11/2006 - AUG/11/2006 TGandB MARINE MOONPOOL BOAT John Bratton Collect four vibracores up to 9 m long from Salt Pond and Nauset Marsh for stratigraphy and porewater analysis. Actual date may be changed - dependent on approval by Reston contracts.
06026 AUG/9/2006 - AUG/10/2006 TERRAPIN / MBL WHALER John Crusius Radon mapping and discrete water sampling in West Falmouth Harbor corroborated by infrared fly-over to detect low-temperature groundwater discharge organized with collaborator Ann Giblin, MBL.
06012 AUG/1/2006 - AUG/24/2006 MEGAN T MILLER Walter Barnhardt Geologic mapping of inner shelf to: 1) support management of habitat and ocean resources; 2) clarify the post-glacial history of sea-level change in the region; and 3) reconstruct coastal environments and quantify rates of change over the last few thousand years.
06040 SEP/25/2006 - SEP/28/2006 ON FOOT John Crusius Measure submarine groundwater discharge in Salt Pond inlet using new eddy correlation approach. ADV and CT will be deployed together during night-time falling tides, while observations (temperature and salinity) of groundwater endmember will be made using a piezometer/peristaltic pump/CT sensor set-up.
06031 SEP/18/2006 - SEP/23/2006 VENTURE Dann Blackwood Ground truth with SeaBOSS to collect sea-floor sediment samples, video transects and still photos in four areas with four sites each area.
06033 SEP/27/2006 - SEP/27/2006 RAFAEL Richard Signell RAFAEL will be used to obtain multibeam bathymetry and chirp data for a 1 km long section of Middle Ground, a tidal sand ridge. Simultaneous ADCP sections across and along the ridge will be made from the REMUS AUV supported by the R/V HURRICANE (WHOI REMUS Group RHIB).
06036 OCT/18/2006 - DEC/18/2006 SHORE / SMALL BOAT John Bratton Install and sample multi-level groundwater samplers in shoreline transects on north shore of Salt Pond.
06028 OCT/11/2006 - OCT/11/2006 RAFAEL M. Bothner Collect sediment cores at one station in Boston Harbor (Hingham Bay) for pore water analysis and for lab-based erosion studies.
07012 FEB/12/2007 - FEB/16/2007 ON ICE Michael Bothner Obtain cores of bottom sediment for pilot study on mercury deposition.
07042 NOV/20/2007 - NOV/20/2007 RAFAEL Rich Signell To obtain sediment grab samples and bathymetric depths from Middle Ground.
07034 NOV/14/2007 - NOV/19/2007 RAFAEL Larry Poppe Ground-truth NOAA survey of Woods Hole (H11077) with subbottom profiles and bottom sampling and photography.
07014 MAR/21/2007 - MAR/21/2007 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Collect sediment cores at Stations 2 and 3 for measurements or pore water profiles, erosion, solid phase chemistry. Collect bottom water at Station 2.
07015 MAR/24/2007 - MAR/24/2007 IRIS Tom O'Brien Geophysical survey of Oyster Pond.
07013 MAR/13/2007 - MAR/14/2007 DOCK Chris Sherwood Testing a SONAR-equipped tripod in the well at the WHOI dock.
07001 APR/20/2007 - MAY/4/2007 RAFAEL Walter Barnhardt Seafloor mapping (geophysics only).
07018 APR/26/2007 - APR/30/2007 SHORE / SMALL BOAT Kevin Kroeger Sampling multi-level groundwater samplers in shoreline transects on north shore of Salt Pond for geochemical parameters, collection of DOC/DIC and N2/Ar samples.
07016 MAY/10/2007 - MAY/10/2007 RAFAEL Bill Danforth Survey Middle Ground with SwathPlus interferometric system.
07020 MAY/30/2007 - MAY/30/2007 ASHUMET POND Chuck Worley Assist WRD in water sampling.
07024 JUN/19/2007 - JUN/20/2007 TIOGA Walter Barnhardt Observers on a WHOI cruise; testing new coring equipment.
07023 JUN/21/2007 - JUN/21/2007 ISELIN DOCK Dann Blackwood Deploy fouling test and check mooring strobes.
07002 JUL/23/2007 - AUG/8/2007 MEGAN T MILLER Walter Barnhardt Geologic mapping of seafloor (geophysics only).
07025 JUL/13/2007 - JUL/13/2007 ASHUMET POND Sandy Baldwin Michael Casso and Sandy Baldwin will be assisting Timothy McCobb from USGS Northborough, MA, in sampling ground water at Ashumet Pond. Woods Hole divers will connect sampling tubes to underwater piezometers located off-shore at Ashumet Pond.
07026 JUL/19/2007 - JUL/19/2007 HARVARD FOREST Kate Ackerman Collect soil temperature data from field station in Harvard Forest.
07028 AUG/27/2007 - AUG/27/2007 CONNECTICUT Chris Sherwood Deploy tripods at MVCO as part of the ONR Ripples DRI Project.
07031 AUG/10/2007 - AUG/10/2007 RAFAEL Richard Signell Shipboard ADCP survey of ebb tidal currents over Middle Ground. We will attempt to document both the cross-bank structure of the tidal currents over 800 m long across-bank transects. We will also attempt to measure the detailed vertical current structure between two large sand waves (amplitude 2-4 m) over two wavelengths (~150 m).
07011 AUG/9/2007 - AUG/14/2007 MEGAN T MILLER Chris Sherwood Mapping for ONR Ripples DRI project.
07035 AUG/23/2007 - AUG/23/2007 RAFAEL Richard Signell 4th repeat swath bathymetry survey of SW section of Middle Ground, and single beam depth sounding in a zig-zag pattern along Middle Ground extending to the NE of the swath study area to get the general geography of the bank outside the hi-res study area.
07037 SEP/7/2007 - SEP/7/2007 OYSTER POND M. Bothner Collect juvenile river herring for mercury determinations.
07003 SEP/6/2007 - SEP/15/2007 CONNECTICUT Walter Barnhardt Ground-validation of geophysical mapping done in previous surveys: bottom sampling, photography, and coring.
07032 SEP/19/2007 - SEP/19/2007 MARCUS HANNA Michael Bothner Collect hydraulically damped gravity cores and bottom water for the study of metals in contaminated sediments. Bottom water will be collected for dissolved oxygen determinations.
07039 OCT/31/2007 - OCT/31/2007 RAFAEL Bill Danforth, Rich Signell Completely map the bathymetry surrounding the shoal Middle Ground in Vineyard Sound using swath bathymetric methods.
07041 OCT/30/2007 - OCT/30/2007 KAYAK M. Bothner Collect yellow perch and small mouth bass to assess the level of mercury contamination.
07029 OCT/29/2007 - OCT/29/2007 CONNECTICUT Chris Sherwood Recover 2 tripods, mooring #836 (particle/sonar) and 837.
08003 JAN/7/2008 - JAN/7/2008 TIOGA M. Bothner Collect 6 sediment cores and bottom water from Hingham Bay, Station 8.
08011 APR/8/2008 - APR/8/2008 ON FOOT John Crusius, Kevin Kroeger Collection of water and gas samples for on-going methods testing for greenhouse gas analyses.
08002 APR/28/2008 - MAY/9/2008 RAFAEL Walter Barnhardt Complete seafloor mapping in western Cape Cod Bay.
08027 JUN/5/2008 - JUN/5/2008 ON FOOT M. Bothner Collect adult post-spawn river herring leaving Oyster Pond via Trunk River for analysis of mercury.
08030 JUL/16/2008 - JUL/16/2008 TERRAPIN M. Bothner Collect water samples from Oyster Pond for mercury analysis.
08035 AUG/28/2008 - AUG/28/2008 ON FOOT M. Bothner Collect young of the year herring from Trunk River.
08032 AUG/6/2008 - AUG/6/2008 SHORE DIVE Sandy Baldwin Collaborate with USGS WRD-Northborough, MA office to install sampling device to ground-water wells previously installed in northern Ashumet Pond.
08034 AUG/18/2008 - AUG/20/2008 RAFAEL Larry Poppe Ground-truth NOAA hydrographic survey H11346 of the entrance to Edgartown Harbor with seismic reflection. One day primarily employed the Uniboom system; one day primarily employed the Knudsen Chirp.
08033 AUG/7/2008 - SEP/22/2008 DOCK Marinna Martini Attached an instrument to the WHOI dock piling to be recovered at a later date. Observed performance of a mechanical wiper on an optical sensor.
08023 AUG/25/2008 - AUG/29/2008 CONNECTICUT Walter Barnhardt Collect cores and subbottom profiles from the Merrimack Paleodelta and Jeffereys Ledge to reconstruct depositional environments and determine sea-level history.
08012 SEP/8/2008 - SEP/9/2008 RAFAEL Larry Poppe Ground-truth NOAA survey H11346 of the entrance to Edgartown, Massachusetts with bottom sampling and photography. Field work was focused on the sampling/photography.
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