Other ID: GS 7903-4
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James M. Robb
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution seismic profiling of continental slope to study potential geologic hazards to exploration and development, specifically bottom instability due to slumping or sliding.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Norfolk, VA
Start Date: 1979-06-27
End Date: 1979-07-11
Equipment Used: Air gun, Teledyne single-channel 300-500J 40-tip minisparker, 3.5 kHz, ORE sidescan, LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179, Geometrics G-856 magnetometer, Integrated Navigation System, Single channel hydrophone, 12 kHz
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Airgun (40 cu. in.): 1555 km; Minisparker: 1750 km; 3.5 kHz: 1780 km; Sidescan: 70 km; Deep hydrophone: 105 km; Gravity: 2565 km; Magnetics (total field): 1520.
Staff: James E. Dodd, Wayne Ferrebee, Michael Goldstein, Alan Goodman, John C., Jr. Hampson, Barry Irwin, John Larson, Lester D. North, Lawrence Poppe, James M. Robb, David Twichell
Affiliate Staff:
Steven Schertzer - watch
F. Mitchell Hill - watch
Gerard McCarthy - tech.
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Jim Robb - Ch. Sci., Dave Twichell - watch, John C. Hampson - watch, Wayne Mack Ferrebee - watch, Lawrence Poppe - watch, Steven Schertzer - watch, F. Mitchell Hill - watch, Lester North - INS nav., Alan Goodman - tech., Gerard McCarthy - tech., John Larson - tech., Barry Irwin - INS nav., James Dodd - INS nav., Michael Goldstein - INS nav.
Project = Mid-Atlantic OCS Environmental Assessment (BLM), Mid-Atlantic OCS Environmental Assessment (BLM)
Location:
continental slope off New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.44844802 | South: 38.48417217 | West: -73.125 | East: -71.93847656 |
Platform(s):
 James M Gilliss |
Chaytor, J.D., ten Brink, Uri S., Solow, Andrew R., and Andrews, Brian D., 2009, Size distribution of submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic margin: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.08.007.
Geist, E.L., Lynett, Patrick J., and Chaytor, Jason D., 2009, Hydrodynamic modeling of tsunamis from the Currituck landslide: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.005.
Robb, J.M., 1980, High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles collected by the R/V JAMES M. GILLISS, Cruise GS 7903-4, in the Baltimore Canyon Outer Continental Shelf area, offshore New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-934, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr80934.
Robb, J.M., Hampson, J.C., Jr., Kirby, J.R., Twichell, D.C., 1981, Geology and potential hazards of the continental slope between Lindenkohl and South Toms canyons, offshore mid-Atlantic United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-600, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr81600.
ten Brink, U.S., Barkan, R., Andrews, B.D., and Chaytor, J.D., 2009, Size distributions and failure initiation of submarine and subaerial landslides: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 287 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.031.
Twichell, D.C., Chaytor, Jason D., ten Brink, Uri S., and Buczkowski, Brian, 2009, Morphology of late Quaternary submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic continental margin: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.01.009.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, data acquisition notes, cruise narrative, and track chart. |
| Data inventory | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Cruise curator's field data inventory describing seismic analog tapes, seismic and sidescan paper profiles, logs, trackcharts and navigation cassettes. |
| Navigation log | Integrated Navigation System | Watchstanders' navigation logbooks for NorthStar Navigation and Inegrated Navigation System (INS)including time, latitude, longitude, course, speed, observations, start and end of lines, etc. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| Teledyne single-channel 300-500J 40-tip minisparker | --- | Sparker | |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| ORE sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1979-015-FA-SO-001 (microfilm of ) |
| LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 | --- | Gravity | 1979-015-FA-GP-002-01 (Geophysical data) 1979-015-FA-GP-002 (Digital tape(s) of NV, MG, NV,BT-LAT/LON, GR-L&R, NV-INS, NV-NSTAR-FINAL, ) |
| Geometrics G-856 magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | 1979-015-FA-GP-001-01 (Geophysical data) 1979-015-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, MG, NV,BT-LAT/LON, GR-L&R, NV-INS, NV-NSTAR-FINAL, ) |
| Integrated Navigation System | --- | Navigation | 1979-015-FA-LN-002 (Digital tape(s) of NV, MG, NV,BT-LAT/LON, GR-L&R, NV-INS, NV-NSTAR-FINAL, ) 1979-015-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 79015) 1979-015-FA-LN-002-01 (Zip archive of Navigation data) |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1979-015-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( AIR) for lines ) 1979-015-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) 1979-015-FA-SE-003 (analog tape of seismic data) |
| 12 kHz | --- | Single Beam | 1979-015-FA-BA-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, MG, NV,BT-LAT/LON, GR-L&R, NV-INS, NV-NSTAR-FINAL, ) |
