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Field Activity Details for field activity 1989-030-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mike Finster (U. Virginia), Duncan Fitzgerald (BU)

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acoustic studies of large sand waves.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: New London, CT

End Port/Location: New London, CT

Start Date: 1989-10-12

End Date: 1989-10-18

Equipment Used: Klein 531 sidescan, Motorola Mini-Ranger III

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Staff:
Mike Finster (U VA)
Duncan Fitzgerald (BU)

Notes:

Location:

Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Boundaries
North: 41.39329 South: 40.58058 West: -73.7402 East: -70.99365

Platform(s):

photo of John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Sparse Chief Technician's report listing some personnel, brief objective, and equipment.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Klein 531 sidescan --- Sidescan
1989-030-FA-SE-001 (VHS digital tapes for line(s) 1-4, 5-8, 9-10, ?, )
1989-030-FA-SO-001 (Digital tape(s) of SSS, )
Motorola Mini-Ranger III --- Navigation

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