Metadata:
	Identification_Information:
		Citation:
			Citation_Information:
				Originator: Brad Butman
				Publication_Date: 
				Title: ARGO MERCHANT Oil Spill
		Description:
			Abstract:
				   Tripod deployed: 1(#121 recovered 
				#77009 WHITEFOOT Mar 8-Apr 17, 1977); 
				Current meter deployed: 1(#123 recovered 
				#77009 WHITEFOOT Mar 8-Apr 17, 1977); 
				Samples: 2(one failed attempt);
			Purpose:
				   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.
		Time_Period_of_Content: 
			Time_Period_Information: 
				Beginning_Date: 19761222
				Ending_Date: 19761229
			Currentness_Reference: 
				Publication Date
		Status:
			Progress: In Work
			Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As Needed
		Spatial_Domain: 
			Bounding_Coordinates: 
				West_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.4
				East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.15
				North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.25
				South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.9
		Keywords: 
			Theme: 
				Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
				Theme_Keyword: Sampling
				Theme_Keyword: Mooring work
				Theme_Keyword: 
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			Place: 
				Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
				Place_Keyword: Nantucket Shoals
				Place_Keyword:  Massachusetts
				Place_Keyword:  United States
				Place_Keyword:  North America
				Place_Keyword:  North Atlantic
			Temporal: 
				Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
				Temporal_Keyword: 
		Access_Constraints: None
		Use_Constraints: None
		Point_Of_Contact:
			Contact_Information:
				Contact_Person_Primary:
					Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
				Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
					Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
					City: Woods Hole
					State_or_Province: MA
					Postal_Code: 02543
				Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
			Metadata_Reference_Information:
				Metadata_Date: 20080116
				Metadata_Contact:
					Contact_Information:
						Contact_Person: Nancy Soderberg
					Contact_Address:
					Address_Type: mailing address
						Address: 384 Woods Hole Road
						City: Woods Hole
						State_or_Province: MA
						Postal_Code: 02543
					Contact_Voice_Telephone: 
				Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards
				Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608