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Field Activity Details for field activity 1976-037-FA

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Other ID: FAY 024

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John Grow

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sonobuoy

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Test cruise of gravity and sonobuoy systems.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1976-09-19

End Date: 1976-09-21

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Gravity meter (wh), Geomechanique streamer, Seismic refraction

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Acquired test data for gravity and sonobuoy systems.

Staff: Barry Irwin

Affiliate Staff:
Parks

Notes: Test cruise of gravity and sonobuoy systems.

Location:

North Atlantic continental shelf, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.55198414 South: 40.60746603 West: -72.05015303 East: -69.95539106

Platform(s):

photo of Fay
Fay

Publications

Paskevich, V.F., and Soderberg, N.K., 1997, Navigation and geophysical data collected onboard the R/V Fay from 1975-1976: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-512, CD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97512.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
1976-037-FA-LN-001-01 (Computer-plotted trackline map of ship movement with dates and hourly fixes.)
1976-037-FA-LN-002-01 (Navigation data)
Gravity meter (wh) --- Gravity
1976-037-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV1-2, GR, NV-INS, NV-INS-FINAL, )
Geomechanique streamer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
1976-037-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( SONO) for lines )
1976-037-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of TEST CRUISE)
Seismic refraction --- Sonobuoy

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