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Vema cruises 14-19 : data summaries

Catalog Data

Collection name:
Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969
Physical Description:
1 logbook
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 2 Folder 1
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Tasman Sea
Bengal, Bay of
Bay of Bengal
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Date Range:
1957-1959
Start Date:
19571110
End Date:
19590807
Abstract:
This unbound log book provides a data summary of Vema cruises 14-19 from November 10, 1957 to August 07, 1959. This item is partially typewritten and partially handwritten. More information about cruises 14-19 can be found in other items within this collection. Vema cruises 14-19 covered marine locations including but not limited to numerous points in the North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Tasman Sea, and Bay of Bengal. The summary is presented as a table that records the following information: cruise and number, station number, coordinates, date, time, total time of tow (min), depth of tow (m), volumes H20 silt. (m³), total plankton displ. (m²), total ol. displ. vol. (m²/1000m³), surf. temp. (°C), 100 m temp., total pl. forams, method of seperation [sic], date seperated [sic], date forams identified, surf salinity, 100m salinity.
Topic:
Invertebrates  Search this
Marine biology  Search this
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Plankton  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 09-008
Access Information:
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See more records from this collection:
Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969
See more records associated with this person:
Bé, Allan W.H., 1921-1983
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI108