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Field Activity Details for field activity 1979-018-FA

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Other ID: CHARLESTON

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Kenneth Bayer

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Multichannel, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Shallow CDP seismic studies off Charleston, SC; one line off Delaware River entrance for USGS Conservation Division (Denver).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Atlantic City, NJ

End Port/Location: Tampa Bay, FL

Start Date: 1979-07-20

End Date: 1979-08-05

Equipment Used: Multichannel seismics, Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Magnavox satellite positioning system, Sonar Doppler

Information to be Derived: Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: CDP lines: 7 (#D-102 and CH-1 thru CH-6), 474.3 km.

Staff: Kenneth Bayer

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Delaware River, New Jersey, Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 32.83528 South: 32.08389 West: -80.4178 East: -79.21667

Platform(s):


Seismic Explorer

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's daily narrative of ship movement, equipment configuration and performance, and data acquisition notes, 2 trackline maps.
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Contractor's report describing ship, seismic, navigation recording equipment configuration, and data acquisition notes, personnel, data block descriptions.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Multichannel seismics --- Multichannel
1979-018-FA-SE-001-01 (Paper, mylar or acetate record sections of Lines CH-01, CH-02, CH-03, CH-04, CH-04RS, CH-05, CH-06, D-100, D-102, F-111A, F-111B, F-112, F-113, F-114, F-114A, F-114B, F-115, F-115RS, F-116, G-107, G-107/109A, G-108, G-109, G-110, M-102, M-102A, M-102B, M-103A, M-103B, V-104, V-104RS, V-105, V-105RS, V-106.)
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C --- Navigation
1979-018-FA-LN-001-01 (Northern trackline chart)
1979-018-FA-LN-001-02 (Southern trackline chart)
1979-018-FA-LN-001 (CDP navigation trackline plot for field activity 79018)
1979-018-FA-LN-002 (Contractor Satellite Positioning Corp CDP navigation shotpoint track map for field activity 79018, Lines CH1 through CH6, inventory number MT1165)
Magnavox satellite positioning system --- Navigation
Sonar Doppler --- Navigation

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