Other ID: OC 27
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Twichell
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct a high-resolution sub-bottom and sidescan sonar survey of sandwaves and bedforms indicative of significant sediment movement at 4 locations on the U.S. mid-Atlantic shelf and 3 surveys at the heads of Baltimore, Wilmington and Hudson Canyons.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1977-06-08
End Date: 1977-06-14
Equipment Used: ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, ORE sidescan, EG&G 234, Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Results obtained were good. After a brief and incomplete analysis of the records it seems unlikely, with the exception of the Wilmington Canyon area, that any of the survey areas have well developed sand waves in them. Off Delaware Bay a number of patches of different textured sea floor were crossed, and in other areas ripples were apparent on the sidescan records. Ripples were by no means continuous over the entire shelf. A man-made feature seen extensively on the shelf surface was trawl markings. Sub-bottom profiles: 699 km; Sidescan sonar: 711 km; Uniboom: 478 km.
Staff: Diane M. Eskenasy, Alan Goodman, Deborah Hutchinson, Charles Paull, Stephanie Pfirman, David Twichell
Affiliate Staff:
Timothy Bishop
Nicholas Lefteriou
Gerard McCarthy; John Cowles - tech.
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Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dave Twichell - Chief Scientist, Timothy Bishop, Diane Eskenasy, Alan Goodman, Debbie Hutchinson, Nicholas Lefteriou, Gerard McCarthy, Charles Paull, Stephanie Pfirman.
Location:
Baltimore Canyon, Wilmington Canyon, Hudson Canyon, U.S. Mid-Atlantic Continental Shelf, New Jersey, Virginia, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.5 | South: 37.95 | West: -75 | East: -72 |
Platform(s):
 Oceanus |
Twichell, D.C., 1979, Notes on the availability of single-channel seismic-reflection profiles and side-scan sonar records collected during June 8-14, 1977 in the Middle Atlantic Shelf area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-580, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr79580.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Fairly extensive Chief Scientist's cruise report of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel, operational summary, loran log, bridge log,and track charts. |
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief WHOI cruise report. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1977-021-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of SUBBOTTOM SURVEY 1-6 LINES 1-10) 1977-021-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines ) |
| ORE sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1977-021-FA-SO-001 (microfilm of SUBBOTTOM SURVEY 1-6 LINES 1-10) |
| EG&G 234 | --- | Boomer | |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1977-021-FA-LN-002-01 (Navigation data) 1977-021-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 77021) 1977-021-FA-LN-002 (Digital tape(s) of NV, TRKCHT, ) |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler |
