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Field Activity Details for field activity 1992-024-FA

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Other ID: DE92-10, Leg 1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John S. Schlee

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video, Sonar: Sidescan, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution sub-bottom profiling will be conducted in the Hudson Shelf Valley area. Profiling system will be deployed.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1992-09-22

End Date: 1992-09-26

Equipment Used: Boomer, Van Veen grab sampler, Video camera - deep sea, Klein 531 sidescan, GPS (wh), Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Rough seas due to Tropical Storm Danielle.

Staff: Andrew Brill, John S. Schlee, Eric A. Schmuck, Barbara A. Seekins, Page Valentine

Affiliate Staff:
Jim Vaughan

Notes: Original Center People field contained: John Schlee, Page Valentine, Jim Vaughan, Eric Schmuck, Barbara Seekins, Andrew Brill.
Project = EEZ shelf mapping - Hudson Shelf Valley, EEZ shelf mapping - Hudson Shelf Valley

Location:

New York Bight, Hudson Shelf Valley, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 40.52855 South: 39.23225 West: -74.1368 East: -71.71875

Platform(s):

photo of Delaware II
Delaware II

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including daily narrative and trackmap.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Boomer --- Boomer
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Klein 531 sidescan --- Sidescan
1992-024-FA-SO-001 (Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines )
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
1992-024-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV GPS LORAN)
Loran-C --- Navigation

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