Other ID: DE92-13
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Echo sounding, sidescan sonar surveys, video, and bottom sampling of selected areas on the northern edge of Georges Bank to map sedimentary environments and biological habitats.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1992-11-14
End Date: 1992-11-21
Equipment Used: Klein 531 sidescan, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, Simrad EC - 810 echo sounder, Osprey camera system, Van Veen grab sampler, GPS (wh), Loran-C
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 422 line km of sidescan sonar data in one area comprising 66 sq. km of continuous coverage; color video camera deployed at 73 sites; 2 sediment samples taken.
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Dwight Coleman, David Nichols, Carol M. Parmenter, Michael Sean Podielsky
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Project = EEZ shelf mapping - Eastern Georges Bank, EEZ shelf mapping - Eastern Georges Bank
Location:
northern edge of Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 43.16325 | South: 41.49659 | West: -69.5006 | East: -67.83394 |
Platform(s):
Delaware II |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, station and sediment sample locations, trackmap. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | |
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan | |
Simrad EC - 810 echo sounder | --- | Single Beam | |
Osprey camera system | --- | Photo Video | |
Van Veen grab sampler | --- | Geology | |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | 1992-028-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, NAV GPS LORAN, ) |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation |