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Field Activity Details for field activity 1986-019-FA

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Other ID: MH 86-1; MHWK 86-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald C. Circe, S. Jeffress Williams

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution and sidescan survey of Elizabeth River, Norfolk, VA.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1986-09-02

End Date: 1986-09-06

Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, Klein 531 sidescan, Raytheon DE-719 precision echo sounder, Furuno LORAN-C Receiver

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Approx. 37 nm (69 km) of survey lines.

Staff: S. Jeffress Williams, Ronald C. Circe, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
Rob Wertz (USGS
BPMG); Dave Wolf (USGS
NMD); Todd Augustine (USGS
WRD)

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Jeff Williams (Co-Ch. Sci.), Ron Circe (Co-Ch. Sci.); Ken Parolski (USGS, BAMG).
Project = Coastal Erosion Program, BAMG, Coastal Erosion Program, BAMG
Information from Foghorn: HP-8 track (#3968A) data recorder;ORE GeoPulse Receiver;Datum Time Code Generator;EPC 312 Record Annotator;Klein 100 kHz sidescan sonar system;ORE GeoPulse boomer and power supply;EPC 1901s and 3200 recorders;Raytheon DE-719 fathometer;

Location:

Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 36.98333 South: 36.73333 West: -76.4167 East: -76.21667

Platform(s):


Marsh Hawk

Publications

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Brief Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information and trackmaps.
Cruise log (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's handwritten daily cruise narrative documenting ship movement, data acquisition, equipment configuration and performance, line start and end times and coordinates. Includes a short navigation printout with handwritten notes describing what the various components are.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Klein 531 sidescan --- Sidescan
Raytheon DE-719 precision echo sounder --- Single Beam
Furuno LORAN-C Receiver --- Navigation

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