Summary Information for Field Activity 1976-039-FA

Area of Operations: eastern Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: October 04, 1976 to October 09, 1976

Chief scientist: Chuck O'Hara

Objectives: The cooperative marine program is intended to provide the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a detailed accounting and geological evaluation of the lands that lie submerged beneath its coastal waters. Principal objectives include detailed mapping of geological features, assessment of potential mineral resources, feasibility and enviromental impact studies related to offshore mining of sand and gravel, and environmental considerations relative to offshore disposal of solid waste material.

Type of Activity: Seismic profiling;

Information to be derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;

Summary: Uniboom: 250 km.

Contact: Chuck O'Hara ()

InfoBank: uses the identifier A-10-76-MA. Visit this site for more information.

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Platform Info:

ASTERIAS

Publications resulting from these data

O'Hara, Charles J., and Oldale, Robert N.,1987, Maps showing geology, shallow structure, and bedform morphology of Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1911, 4 sheets. (Available as a PDF version). (Also available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/mf/mf1911)

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Data Types and Locations:

Navigation

Navigation Track Map (pdf file) Trackline map of ship movement with times and line numbers.

Composite Track Map (pdf file) Composite Nantucket Sound trackline map from ASTERIAS June (FA 76021) and October (FA 76039) 1976 and July (FA 77024) 1977 containing ship movement with times and line numbers.

Logs

Chief Scientist's cruise report and daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, scientific results and personnel, etc.

Uniboom log containing line numbers, date, time, latitude, longitude, equipment performance and data acquisition notes, etc.

Seismics

scanned seismic record sections

Line information