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Field Activity Details for field activity 1975-026-FA

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Other ID: FAY 005

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Harley J. Knebel

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: This cruise (005) of the FAY had three primary objectives. The first objective was to obtain long vibracores from transects across the shelf in order to deduce the characteristics and ages of the sub-bottom sediments. Second, short cores were to be collected in order that the relative amounts of Pb-210 within these cores could be measured and, hence, the ages and accumulation rates of sediments for the past 100 years could be determined. Finally, high-resolution seismic systems were to be used to define the shallow sub-bottom structure near the vibracore transects. In addition to these primary objectives, two special studies were pursued as well. These studies were: (1) sampling of the suspended sediments near the sea floor and at the water surface, and (2) emplacement of pipes into the sea floor (by the vibracore rig) for use as reference points during subsequent submersible dives.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Charleston, SC

Start Date: 1975-10-31

End Date: 1975-11-07

Equipment Used: 3.5 kHz, Sparker , Alpine Vibracorer, Sediment traps, Gravity corer, Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 3.5 kHz Records: 307 nm (568 km); Minisparker Records: 307 nm (568 km); Bottom sediment samples: 43 (vibracores: 22, hydrostatically-damped gravity cores: 21); Suspended sediment samples: 12; Reference pipes emplaced in the sea floor: 3.

Staff: Wayne Ferrebee, Patricia Forrestel, Harley J. Knebel, Stanley Locker

Affiliate Staff:
Felicity Oram (Watch Chief)
Michael Kerkmann (Specialist for Hydrostatic Gravity Cores)
Franchot Scarver (Specialist for Electronics)
John Dunlavey
Prescott Heald; Alpine Geophysical Associates
Inc.: James Katsolis (Supervisor)
John Eastlund
Charles Gove
John Ratkowitz
Robert Reynolds
John Ripp

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Harley Knebel, W. Mack Ferrebee (watch chief), Patricia Forrestel (watch chief and specialist for Navigation and Suspended Sediments), Felicity Oram (watch chief), Michael Kerkmann (Specialist for Hydrostatic Gravity Cores), Franchot Scarver (Specialist for Electronics), John Dunlavey, Prescott Heald, and Stanley Locker.
Information from Foghorn: Acoustic systems: 3.5 kHz system, minisparker system;Sampling equipment: 20 ft. vibracore rig, hydrostatically-damped gravity corer, suspended-sediment filtering system;

Location:

Southeast Georgia Embayment, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 34 South: 32 West: -81 East: -78

Platform(s):

photo of Fay
Fay

Publications

Bothner, M.H., Johnson, P.P., 1981, 210 Pb in sediment cores from the Atlantic continental shelf: estimates of rates of sediment mixing, chapter 3 in Popenoe, P.,ed., Environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (81-582-A), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81582A.

Popenoe, P., 1981, A summary of environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (81-583), 45 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81583.

Popenoe, P., ed., 1981, Appendices of environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-582-B, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81582B.

Popenoe, P., ed., 1981, Environmental geologic studies on the southeastern United States Atlantic outer continental shelf, 1977-1978: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-582-A, 15 maps, scale 1:250,000, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81582A.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report describing ship movement, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, track map including seismic lines and sample locations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1975-026-FA-SE-002 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )
Sparker --- Sparker
Alpine Vibracorer --- Geology
Sediment traps --- Geology
Gravity corerhydrostatically-damped gravity corerGeology
Loran-C --- Navigation
1975-026-FA-LN-001-03 (Track Map, Southern Part (pdf file) Plotted track map with dates and times.)
1975-026-FA-LN-001-02 (Track Map, Northern Part (pdf file) Plotted track map with dates and times.)
1975-026-FA-LN-001-01 (Track Map (pdf file) Plotted track map with dates and times. )
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1975-026-FA-SE-001 (film collection of E/S,35,MSP)
1975-026-FA-SE-003 (microfilm of )

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