Summary Information for Field Activity 1995-011-FA

Area of Operations: Long Island Sound, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: June 06, 1995 to June 12, 1995

Chief scientist: Larry Poppe

Objectives: Conduct detailed (continuous) 100 kHz sidescan sonar surveys in Niantic Bay, Connecticut, and in Fishers Island Sound, Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island.

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Information to be derived:

Summary:

Contact: Larry Poppe (lpoppe@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier A-11-95-LI. Visit this site for more information.

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Platform Info:

ASTERIAS

Publications resulting from these data

Poppe, Lawrence J., and Polloni, Chris, eds.,1998, Long Island Sound environmental studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-502, CD-ROM. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of98-502/fpage.htm)

Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Parker, C.E., Lewit, P.G., and Doran, E.F.,2010, Integrated multibeam and LIDAR bathymetry data offshore of New London and Niantic, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1231. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1231/)

Data Types and Locations:

Bathymetry

Navigation

Logs

Chief Scientist's report of ship movement, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, sidescan sonar line list, and trackmap.

Q-Mips sidescan sonar log containing line and file names, and start and end times.

DGPS navigation log containing line and disk number, times, positions, and waypoints.

DGPS navigation printout.

Seismic log describing 3.5 kHz configuration, line number and position, etc.

Seismics

Sonar

Niantic Bay Sidescan Data

Fishers Island Sidescan Data