personnel.

Two people will operate the Whaler and three will sample
f

from the LCU.

The sampling program will proceed from less contaminated areas of
the lagoon to the more highly contaminated areas in order to lessen the
probability of sample contamination,
Aquatic Survey Goals and Methods
Purpose:

To define the activity levels in the lagoon and reef environment

in order to assess levels of external exposure and the degree of areal con-

tamination,
Method

Objective
To assess surface exposure over the reef.

Personnel operating from rafts o.

will be assayed.

meters.

B.

Immersion dose in off-shore beaches.

Analysis of water and sediment
samples and in-situ detection
methods using the Boston Whaler,

Cc.

Definition of activity levels in the lagoon
and major outflow areas over the reefs,

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Assessment of sediment concentration

Using the Whaler and LCU, sedime

A)
B)
C)
D)

material, and bottom water wilt
collected and analyzed,
An in-s
detector will be used to define
relative activity levels of the
bottom. <A detailed bottom surve
using an in-situ NaI detector wi
be conducted off Runit, followed
extensive sediment sampling.

levels.

,

cores, grab samples, suspended

shore to 10 fm terrace in lagoon.
terrace to deep basin of lagoon.
deep basin.
craters.

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tlt

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on foot utilizing B-y survey

“Only reef covered w/less than 3 feet of water

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coral and-algae.

The percent of

each type of bottom material-.depends on location, although, in
general, a higher percentage of
fine material is found closer to

waren

shore where a corer may be used.

ow, aa

In the deeper area of the lagoon
higher percentages of formanifer
and nolimeda debris dominate.
I
‘these areas dredging and grab
sampling will be more successful

.
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The device used to obtain a bott
sample in any area will depend
entirely on the composition of t
sediment. The sediment in the
lagoon varies from fine sand to

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