Summary Information for Field Activity 1987-024-FA

Area of Operations: Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: June 16, 1987 to July 21, 1987

Chief scientist: Rick Rendigs

Objectives: To conduct a high-resolution seismic reflection (Uniboom) and sidescan survey of Boston Harbor and selected offshore areas.

Type of Activity: Seismic profiling;

Information to be derived: Seismic reflection records, sidescan sonar

Summary:

Contact: Rick Rendigs (rrendigs@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier N-1-87-BH. Visit this site for more information.

Platform Info:

NEECHO

Publications resulting from these data

Bothner, M.H., Butman, B., Alexander, P.S., Baldwin, S.M., Blackwood, D.S., Borden, J., Casso, M.A., Crusius, J., Goudreau, J., Kalnejais, L.H., Lamothe, P.J., Martin, W.R., Martini, M.A., Rendigs, R.R., Sayles, F.L., Signell, R.P., Valentine, P.C., and Warner, J.C.,2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean - Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p.. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1302/)

Rendigs, R.R., and Oldale, R.N.,1990, Map showing the results of a subbottom acoustic survey of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2124. (Also available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/mf/mf2124)

Data Types and Locations:

Navigation

Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions.

Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions sketched on nautical chart 13272.

Logs

Data is in the Data Library - contact Data Manager (bbuczkowski@usgs.gov)

Seismics

Sonar