Post Field Activity Information for 82001
Alternate number: | OC113 |
Platform: | |
Submersible: | |
Owner-Operator: | WHOI, Woods Hole, MA |
Captain: | Paul C. Howland - Master, WHOI |
Center Principal: | Brad Butman |
Affiliate Principal (if any): | |
Area of Operations: | Lydonia Canyon, Oceanographer Canyon, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
Bounding Coordinates | |
North: | 41.25 |
South: | 40.5 |
West: | -70.4 |
East: | -67.5 |
Start and End Dates: | January 26, 1982 to February 4, 1982 |
Start and End Ports: | from Woods Hole, MA to Woods Hole, MA |
Days at Sea: | 10 |
Project Number: | |
Project Title: | Sediment Dynamics |
Cruise Funding Source: | USGS |
Contract: | 14-08-0001-18920 |
Type of Activity: | Mooring work
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Objectives: | Recover 2 tripods and 7 subsurface moorings; deploy 3 tripods and 10 subsurface moorings; deploy 3 sediment trap moorings at Mobil Lease Block 312; deploy 5 surface marker buoys and others as required; collect surface grab samples at Station A; and conduct CTD and XBT observations around Lydonia and Oceanographer Canyons. |
Information to be derived: | Time series data Samples and Chemical Analysis Grain size analysis
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Data Types (and Media) Produced: | |
Scientific Party (USGS): | Brad Butman, Michael Bothner, John Larson, Frank Musialowski, Marlene Noble, Carol Parmenter, Richard Rendigs, Mary Polly Shoukimas, William Strahle, Donald McElroy |
Scientific Party (affiliate): | Andrew Eliason - Eliason Data Services; Patricia Hughes - Mass. CZM |
Data Curator: | |
Scientific Equipment: | 18 Anchors 14 Steel floats 10 Ring stands for floats 3 Tripods 2 Deep tripods 6 Chain boxes 3 Deck boxes 1 Hydro winch 3 Air triggers 2 Grab samplers 2 Grappling hooks 2 Release racks 5 Surface buoys 2 Sediment trap racks 3 Wire baskets Payout stand Wire spools AMF release gear CTD recording equipment (deck unit, XY plotter, FM recorder 9T tape drive) 3 Current meter racks Apple II computer Suspended-matter filtration equipment DO titration equipment freezer refrigerator WHOI supplied: Gifft echosounder 2 XBT recorders 1 launcher Hydro winch and termination |
Navigation techniques used: | Northstar Loran-C 6000 |
Summary of Results: | Moorings recovered: 9 (#229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237). Surface buoy recovered: 1 (LCP 2). Moorings deployed: 16 (#240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251 all recovered FA 82020 OCEANUS 122 Jul. 6-15, 1982; #252 adrift recovered by fisherman Mar. 22, 1982; #253 tipped Jun. 11, 1982, float recovered by STATE PRIDE; #254 trap recovered by BEAUFORT SEAHORSE Jun. 11, 1982; #255 no recovery information). Surface buoys deployed: 4 (#LCA 1, LCL 2, OCA 2, GBS 2). Sediment grabs: 5; CTD stations: 42; XBT stations: 31; Bathymetric surveys: 6. |
Number of Stations Occupied: | 25 |
Station Description: | |
Number of Submersible Dives: | |
Continuous Data (in Km): | |
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Remarks: | |
Contact: | Brad Butman (bbutman@usgs.gov) |
Report Date: 14:49 3/3/2006 | |