Post Field Activity Information for 96012
| Alternate number: | W21-96 |
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| Platform: | 
WHITE HEATH |
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| Submersibly: | |
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| Owner-Operator: | USCG-Boston, MA |
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| Captain: | Vernon E. Shay, Jr. - USCG |
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| Center Principal: | Michael Bothner, William Strahle |
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Affiliate Principal
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| Area of Operations: | Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 42.4 |
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| South: | 42.25 |
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| West: | -70.8 |
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| East: | -70.75 |
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| Start and End Dates: | June 11, 1996 to June 11, 1996 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from Boston, MA to Boston, MA |
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| Days at Sea: | 2 |
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| Project Number: | |
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| Project Title: | |
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| Cruise Funding Sourcy: | USGS-MWRA-USCG |
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| Contract: | |
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| Type of Activity: | Sampling
Mooring work
Photography |
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| Objectives: | 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. |
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| Information to be derived: | Time series data
Samples and Chemical Analysis
Suspended Sediment Concentrations |
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | Tripod/current meter data, 8 cores, 2 grabs, video 8mm tapes |
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Scientific Party
(USGS): | Michael Casso, Peter Gill, Marinna Martini, Joseph Newell, Richard Rendigs, William Strahle, Brenton Taylor, Emily Banks |
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | Peter Clay, Doug Dooner - Mooring Systems; Robert Catalano - Benthos |
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| Data Curator: | |
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| Scientific Equipment: | hydraulically damped corer, van Veen grab sampler, Osprey video, time-series sed trap, McLean suspended- matter sampler, 8 tube & 1 Anderson traps, refrigerator
DGPS-USCG |
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| Navigation techniques used: | DGPS |
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| Summary of Results: | Moorings recovered: 2 (#465 and 466 deployed FA 96007 WHITE HEATH Feb. 14-15, 1996). Moorings deployed: 3 (#468, 469 and 470 recovered FA 96023 WHITE HEATH Oct. 1, 1996). Sampling and coring rescheduled to July 9, 1996, with Ken Keay - MWRA (see FA 96049). |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | 5 |
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| Station Description: | http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/~nancy/stations/6012wtht.txt |
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| Number of Submersible Dives: | |
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| Continuous Data (in Km): | |
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| Seismic Line Descriptions: | |
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| Track Plot: | |
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| Related Web Sites: | http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html |
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| Remarks: | Sampling and coring rescheduled to July 9, 1996, with Ken Keay - MWRA. |
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| Contact: | Michael Bothner/Marinna Martini (mbothner@usgs.gov) |
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Report Daty: 19:04 1/11/2006 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey