1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2020-011-FA

Identifier 2020-011-FA -- CANCELED
Purpose Collect seabed sediment samples for geological mapping project
Location Stellwagen Bank NMS
Info derived Sediment samples for geological mapping
Comments Travel to and from Scituate, MA for day-cruises to Stellwagen Bank. CTD required as for previous cruises. Load Auk in Scituate, MA on Friday, August 21, if possible, or Monday, August 24 (Valentine will not be available on Friday). Canceled due to COVID.
Projects
Platform
Auk
Length: 50 feet; Beam: 20 feet.
Itinerary
Start Scituate, MA 2020-08-21
End Scituate, MA 2020-08-28
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -70.5
East -70
North 42.5
South 42

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Page C Valentine
Crew members
Seth Ackerman
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Seth Ackerman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Dr. David Wylie, SBNMS

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type: CTD, Video, Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SBE 19plus V2 SeaCAT Profiler CTD CTD, Fluorescence, Turbidity (no data reported)
GoPro camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology (no data reported)
Furuno satellite compass SC-30 Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity