Other ID: 82-2
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): George B. Tirey
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain multichannel data in lower Chesapeake Bay at mouths of Little Creek, James, Potomac, Rappahannock and York Rivers.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1982-05-12
End Date: 1982-05-22
Equipment Used: Multichannel seismics, Sparker , Visual navigation, Loran-C, Dead reckoning, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Multichannel lines: 11 (1-6, 8, 15-18).
Staff: Jack Connell, Joseph S. Newell, David Nichols, George B. Tirey
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: No cruise report; information deduced from Seismic Observers' Log.
Location:
James River, Little Creek, Newport News, York River, Rappahannock River, Potomac River, lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Maryland, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 38 | South: 36.9 | West: -76.5 | East: -76 |
Platform(s):
 Neecho |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Navigation log | Loran-C | Navigation log containing sparse Chief Scientist's notes. |
| Observer log | Multichannel seismics | Multichannel observer's log describing equipment configuration, line, file, tape changes, data acquisition notes. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multichannel seismics | --- | Multichannel | 1982-040-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) 1982-040-FA-SE-003 (SEGY seismic data) |
| Sparker | --- | Sparker | |
| Visual navigation | --- | Navigation | |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1982-040-FA-LN-001-05 (Track Map, Line 4 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 4, May 14-15, 1982, York River, mouth of Rappahannock River to Blundering Point, VA.) 1982-040-FA-LN-001-02 (Track Map, Line 1 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 1, May 12, 1982, Jamestown Island to mouth of Chickahominy River, VA.) 1982-040-FA-LN-001-03 (Track Map, Line 2 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 2, May 13, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk to Newport News, VA.) 1982-040-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 82040) 1982-040-FA-LN-001-04 (Track Map, Line 3 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 3, May 14, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, Little Creek to Cape Charles to York River mouth, VA.) 1982-040-FA-LN-001-08 (Track Map, Line 6 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 6, May 17, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, mouth of Potomac River, VA.) 1982-040-FA-LN-001-07 (Track Map, Line 6 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 6, May 16, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, off mouth of Rappahannock River, VA.) 1982-040-FA-LN-001-06 (Track Map, Line 4 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 4, May 15, 1982, York River, Yorktown Island to West Point, VA.) 1982-040-FA-LN-001-01 (Track Map, Line 1 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 1, May 12, 1982, Newport News to Jamestown Island and Back River, VA.) |
| Dead reckoning | --- | Navigation | |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1982-040-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines ) |
