Other ID: HUNT 02; Leg II
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James M. Robb
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Cruise was the second part of the search for drilling sites along the north flank of Georges Bank.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1972-08-04
End Date: 1972-08-14
Equipment Used: LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179, Boomer, Marine magnetometer, Seismic refraction, Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone, EG&G Model 260 sidescan sonar
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Gravity over Georges Bank area was successfully measured at 109 stations. Those data and an interpretation are reported in Hendricks and Robb, 1973.
Staff: William Dillon, Raymond E. Hall, John Hendricks, Frank W. Jennings, Charles J. O'Hara, James M. Robb, Byron Ruppel
Affiliate Staff:
Wallace Bothner - UNH; Nathaniel Richardson - Republic of Liberia; Norman Buckley - GFA
Philip Clark - GFA
David Davis - GFA; Gary Stuckey - GFA
Robert White - PST
Notes:
Location:
Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.48380435 | South: 40.69729901 | West: -69.4020752 | East: -66.57126409 |
Platform(s):
Hunt |
Hendricks, J.D., and Robb, James M., 1973, Gravity measurements in the vicinity of Georges Bank: Geological Society of America Bulletin, GSA Bulletin, v. 84 no. 12, URL: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1973)84%3C3911:GMITVO%3E2.0.CO;2.
Oldale, R.N., Hathaway, J.C., Dillon, W.P., Hendricks, J.D., and Robb, J.M., 1974, Geophysical observations on northern part of Georges Bank and adjacent basins of Gulf of Maine: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, AAPG Bulletin, v. 58 no. 12, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70121288.
Schlee, J., Mattick, R.E., Taylor, D.J., Girard, O.W., Grow, J., Rhodehamel, E.C., Perry, W.J., Jr., Bayer, K.C., Furbush, M., Clifford, C.P., and Lees, J.A., 1975, Sediments, structural framework, petroleum potential, environmental conditions, and operational considerations of the United States North Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-353, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr75353.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Field log containing Loran-C navigation positions, sonobouy, gravity meter, magnetometer, CSP airgun, and 3.5 kHz Uniboom data acquisition notes. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 | --- | Gravity | |
Boomer | --- | Boomer | |
Marine magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | |
Seismic refraction | --- | Sonobuoy | 1972-004-FA-LN-001-02 (Zip archive containing Legs 2 and 3 sonobuoy refraction profiles trackline map.) |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1972-004-FA-LN-001-01 (Track map for Site 1, August 11, 1972 depicting Continuous Seismic Profiling (CSP) lines, 3.5 kHz seismics lines, magnetics, and Sonobuoy traverses.) 1972-004-FA-NL-001-01 (Field log containing Loran-C navigation positions, sonobuoy, gravity meter, magnetometer, CSP airgun, and 3.5 kHz Uniboom data acquisition notes.) |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1972-004-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of ) 1972-004-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data) |
EG&G Model 260 sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | 1972-004-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines ) |