Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab
Affiliate Investigator(s): Bill Corso - USACOE
Information Specialist(s): William Schwab
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Image nearshore area off Long Beach, Long Island, using high-resolution sidescan sonar, fathometer, and boomer seismic reflection systems.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1995-12-05
End Date: 1995-12-15
Equipment Used: DGPS, Klein 531 sidescan, Boomer, 3.5 kHz, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The majority of data collected is worthless due to bad weather from acoustic noise.
Staff: David Nichols, William Schwab, David Twichell
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Sorry for the short notice. This will bring a lot of funds into the center. Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab - P.I., Dave Twichell - Watchstander, Dave Nichols - Electronics Technician.
Location:
New York Bight Apex, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 40.52 | South: 40.46 | West: -73.92 | East: -73.5 |
Platform(s):
Argo Maine |
Schwab, W.C., Corso, W., Allison, M.A., Butman, B., Denny, J.F., Lotto, L.L., Danforth, W.W., Foster, D.S., O'Brien, T.F., Nichols, D.R., Irwin, B.J., and Parolski, K.F., 1997, Mapping the sea-floor geology offshore of the New York - New Jersey metropolitan area using sidescan sonar: Preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-61, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9761.
Schwab, W.C., Denny, J.F., Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Foster, D.S, Swift, B.A., Lotto, L.L., Allison, M.A., and Thieler, E.R., 2000, Seafloor characterization offshore of the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area using sidescan sonar: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-295, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00295.
Schwab, W.C., Denny, J.F., Foster, D.S., Lotto, L.L., Allison, M.A., Uchupi, E., Swift, B.A., Danforth, W.W., Thieler, E.R., and Butman, B., 2002, High-resolution Quaternary seismic stratigraphy of the New York Bight Continental Shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-152, DVD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr2002152.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief scientist's cruise report including personnel, objectives, equipment, tabulated information. |
Q-Mips log | Klein 531 sidescan | Q-Mips sidescan sonar field log identifying line and file names, sea-floor description, and equipment performance. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1995-043-FA-SO-001 (Digital tape(s) of SSS-L1-3, SSS L4-7, SSS L7-8, ) |
Boomer | --- | Boomer | |
3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1995-043-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines ) 1995-043-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of DIGITAL SSS NOT FILMED) |