Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons Exploration 2011, June 4 - 17, 2011 [electronic resource] / [U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration]. [2011]

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Ross, Steve W., 1951-,. Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons Exploration 2011, June 4 - 17, 2011 [electronic resource] / [U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration].

Deep-Water Mid-Atlantic Canyons Exploration 2011, June 4 - 17, 2011 [electronic resource] / [U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Exploration]. [2011]

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"The Deep-water Mid-Atlantic Canyons Project represents a major systematic exploration of submarine canyons on the continental margin of the eastern United States. Funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and NOAA Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), our diverse team of scientists will investigate deepwater canyons, hard bottom habitats and shipwrecks off Virginia and Maryland. During the project's first cruise in June of 2011, scientists and technicians onboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster will collect seafloor bathymetry and water column profiles. This cruise is critical for establishing the foundation of information necessary for the planning of multidisciplinary investigations in later years ... This is the first cruise of a four year project to study the biology, geology and oceanography of a series of canyons off the middle Atlantic coast of the U.S. Of particular interest are areas of hard substrate that could support deep water coral ecosystems or other unusual habitats, such as methane seeps. Another major component of this study is marine archaeology, primarily searching for historically significant shipwrecks. "--Pre-cruise mission statement (Expedition's home page).

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