Other ID: NE-1-79
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Dillon, Harley J. Knebel
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Sally Needell
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To study the development of barrier islands; to document the frequency and rate of migration of inlets that breach barrier islands; to define the characteristics of shoreface ridges on a barrier island; and to prepare the boat and personnel for field operations this spring and summer.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Stage Harbor, Chatham, MA
End Port/Location: Chatham Harbor, Chatham, MA
Start Date: 1979-04-16
End Date: 1979-04-20
Equipment Used: Sidescan sonar, Boomer, Motorola Mini-Ranger III, Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Uniboom records: 98 km; Sidescan sonar records: 98 km.
Staff: Alfred Dahl, David W. Folger, Frank W. Jennings, Paul Loud, Sally Needell, Charles J. O'Hara, Kenneth F. Parolski, Charles Paull
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Sally Wood (Cruise Curator); Alfred Bud Dahl; Dave Folger; Frank Jennings; Paul Loud; Charles O'Hara; Kenneth Parolski; Charles Paull.
Project = Small Boat Surveys, Small Boat Surveys
Location:
Monomoy Island, Nauset Beach, outer Cape barrier islands, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.86667 | South: 41.51667 | West: -69.9833 | East: -69.9 |
Platform(s):
Neecho |
Knebel, H.J., 1981, Seismic-reflection and sidescan-sonar data collected off eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts, during April 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-184, 6 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81184.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Cruise report including description of operation, personnel, equipment, cruise narrative. Also includes a location map, trackmap, and listing of paper rolls for each acquisition system and what lines are contained on which rolls. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | 1979-006-FA-SO-001 (microfilm of ) |
Boomer | --- | Boomer | |
Motorola Mini-Ranger III | --- | Navigation | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1979-006-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 79006) |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1979-006-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines ) 1979-006-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) |