Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Claude (Wylie) Poag
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Carry out a single-channel seismic reflection survey of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Caven Point, NJ
Start Date: 1996-04-21
End Date: 1996-04-30
Equipment Used: SIS1000 Chirp Sonar, DGPS, Water gun (wh), SIS1000 Sidescan sonar, 3.5 kHz, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, Ashtech Z-12 GPS, Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Stephen Colman, John Evans, Deborah Hutchinson, Barry Irwin, Jeremy Loss, David Nichols, Thomas O'Brien, Nancy K. Soderberg
Affiliate Staff:
Ira Block - NGS photographer (Apr. 25-26?)
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Debbie Hutchinson - Co-Ch. Sci., Steve Colman - co-Ch. Sci.; John Evans - watchstander, Barry Irwin - navigation, Jeremy Loss - watchstander, Dave Nichols - seismics, Tom O'Brien - seismics, Nancy Soderberg - curator.
Project = Chesapeake Bay, adjacent inner continental shelf, Chesapeake Bay, adjacent inner continental shelf
Information from Foghorn: GI watergun system;Water gun;MassComp acquisition system;SIS-1000 sidescan sonar system, 3.5 kHz;Odom echo sounder;Ashtech GPSS XII receiver;Megapulse Accufix D100 receiver;
Location:
Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.75 | South: 36.75 | West: -76.5 | East: -75.5 |
Platform(s):
 Seaward Explorer |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIS1000 Chirp Sonar | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1996-018-FA chirp (Digital tape(s) of GI GUN L1, GI GUN L2-3, GI GUN L4, GI GUN L4-5, GI GUN L5-10, GI GUN L10-13, GI GUN L13-14, GI GUN L14-17, NO FILES?, GI GUN L1-17 SEGY, H2OGUN L3A, H2OGUN L3A,15A, SSS1000 L3A, SSS1000 L3A,15A,) |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1996-018-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS-EDIT, NAV-DGPS-EDIT, ) |
| Water gun (wh) | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| SIS1000 Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | 1996-018-FA-SO-001 (Digital tape(s) of GI GUN L1, GI GUN L2-3, GI GUN L4, GI GUN L4-5, GI GUN L5-10, GI GUN L10-13, GI GUN L13-14, GI GUN L14-17, NO FILES?, GI GUN L1-17 SEGY, H2OGUN L3A, H2OGUN L3A,15A, SSS1000 L3A, SSS1000 L3A,15A, ) |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder | --- | Single Beam | |
| Ashtech Z-12 GPS | --- | Navigation Transects | |
| Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1996-018-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( H2O) for lines ) 1996-018-FA-SE-003 (Digital tape(s) of GI GUN L1, GI GUN L2-3, GI GUN L4, GI GUN L4-5, GI GUN L5-10, GI GUN L10-13, GI GUN L13-14, GI GUN L14-17, NO FILES?, GI GUN L1-17 SEGY, H2OGUN L3A, H2OGUN L3A,15A, SSS1000 L3A, SSS1000 L3A,15A, ) 1996-018-FA-SE-002 (Digital tape(s) of GI GUN L1, GI GUN L2-3, GI GUN L4, GI GUN L4-5, GI GUN L5-10, GI GUN L10-13, GI GUN L13-14, GI GUN L14-17, NO FILES?, GI GUN L1-17 SEGY, H2OGUN L3A, H2OGUN L3A,15A, SSS1000 L3A, SSS1000 L3A,15A, ) |
