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Field Activity Details for field activity 1980-021-FA

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Other ID: TEST

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct seismic study of the harbor and nearshore waters of Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1980-08-13

End Date: 1980-08-13

Equipment Used: Sparker , Edo Western Sidescan and 2.5 kHz sub-bottom system, Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 18.5 km of high-resolution seismic profiles and sidescan sonar data collected.

Staff: Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.08333 South: 42 West: -70.7167 East: -70.66667

Platform(s):

photo of Neecho
Neecho

Publications

Portals/Viewers

FAN 1980-021-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=1980-021-FA.

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Navigation log (document not focused on specific equipment) Navigation log with narrative, latitude and longitude, seismic line start and end, ship movement, obstacles

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sparker --- Sparker
Edo Western Sidescan and 2.5 kHz sub-bottom system --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Sidescan
1980-021-FA-SO-002 (microfilm of )
1980-021-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines )
Loran-C --- Navigation
1980-021-FA-LN-001-01 (Field track map with line numbers and time, NOS #13253 base chart for Lines 1-5.)
1980-021-FA-LN-001-02 (Field track map with line numbers and time, NOS #13253 base chart for Lines 1-5. (different annotation))
1980-021-FA-NL-001-01 (Navigation log with narrative, latitude and longitude, seismic line start and end, ship movement, obstacles, etc.)
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1980-021-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of )

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