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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-032-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab, E. Robert Thieler

Affiliate Investigator(s): USACOE

Information Specialist(s): Jane Denny, David Foster

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Complete the high-resolution sea floor mapping investigation along the inner shelf south of Long Island, New York.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1997-09-25

End Date: 1997-10-19

Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, SIS1000 Chirp Sonar, DGPS, SIS1000 Sidescan sonar, Echosounder, Van Veen grab sampler, Sparker , Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: William Danforth, David Foster, Eric Haase, Barbara Ann McKinney, Thomas O'Brien, Christopher F. Polloni, E. Robert Thieler

Affiliate Staff:
Leg 1: Ilya Buynevich - BU; Leg 2: Brian Donahue - Univ. S. Florida

Notes: There was a crew change Oct. 7-8 in Newport, RI. Original Center People field contained: Leg 1: Bill Danforth, Chris Polloni, Dave Foster, Eric Haase; Legs 1 and 2: Rob Thieler, Tom O'Brien, Ann Swift.
Project = Sand Resources, Long Island, NY, Inner Shelf, Sand Resources, Long Island, NY, Inner Shelf
Information in Foghorn: SIS-1000 sidescan/CHIRP, GeoPulse boomer system, Fathometer, DGPS Navigation, EPC recorder, Van Veen sampler;

Location:

southern shore of Long Island, Fire Island to Montauk Point, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.1 South: 40.6 West: -72.85 East: -71.78

Platform(s):

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Diane G

Publications

Butman, B., 1998, Mapping the sea-floor geology offshore of the New York - New Jersey metropolitan region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 133-98, https://doi.org/10.3133/fs13398.

Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Schwab, W.C., and Buchholtz ten Brink, M.R., 1998, Multibeam bathymetric and backscatter maps of the upper Hudson Shelf Valley and adjacent shelf, offshore of New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-616, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98616.

Foster, D.S., Swift, B.A., and Schwab, W.C., 2000, Stratigraphic framework maps of the nearshore area of southern Long Island from Fire Island to Montauk Point, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-559, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr99559.

Hammar-Klose, E.S., Hill, J.C., Schwab, W.C., and Thieler, E.R., 2000, Archive of sidescan-sonar data and Differential Geographic Positioning System navigation data, collected during USGS cruise DIAN97032 Long Island, New York Inner Shelf -- Fire Island, New York, 25 September - 19 October 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-440, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr2000440.

Hill, J.C., Thieler, E.R., Foster, D.S., Swift, B.A., and O'Brien, T.F., 2000, Archive of boomer and sparker subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise DIAN 97032, Long Island, NY inner shelf; Fire Island, NY 25 September-19 October, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-142, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00142.

Hill, J.C., Thieler, E.R., Foster, D.S., Swift, B.A., and O'Brien, T.F., 2000, Archive of Datasonics SIS-1000 chirp subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise DIAN 97032, Long Island, New York inner shelf--Fire Island, New York, 24 September - 19 October, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-152, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00152.

Portals/Viewers

FAN 1997-032-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=1997-032-FA.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
SIS1000 Chirp Sonar --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1997-032-FA-SE-004 (CHIRP Subbottom Data - SEG-Y data files and images.)
Chirp seismic data
DGPS --- Navigation
Chirp navigation
1997-032-FA-LN-001 (Chirp Field Navigation Data and Shotpoint Maps)
1997-032-FA-LN-002 (Boomer and Sparker Field Navigation Data and Shotpoint Maps)
Boomer/Sparker navigation
SIS1000 Sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
1997-032-FA-SO-001 (Sidescan-Sonar data and DGPS Navigation data.)
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology
1997-032-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples)
Sparker --- Sparker
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1997-032-FA-SE-007 (Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 14 & 15 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 162-171 (Area 5).)
1997-032-FA-SE-005 (Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 1-7 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 1-10 (Area 1), 11-20 (Area 3), 22-28 (Area 3), 37-38 (Area 4), 57-65 (Area 3), 66-72 (Area 2), 73-86 (Area 1), 87-91 (Area 2), 92-94 (Area 3), 95-101 (Area 2), 108 (Area 3), 141-148 (Area 3), and 173 (Area 3).)
1997-032-FA-SE-002 (Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 8-13 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 29-36 (Area 4), 39-47 (Area 4), 48 (Area 5), 49-56 (Area 4), 109 (Area 4), 110-111 (Area 5), 114-118 (Area 5), 121-130 (Area 5), 131 (Area 4), 132-139 (Area 5), 140 (Area 4), 149-159 (Area 4), 160-161 (Area 5), and 172 (Area 4).)
1997-032-FA-SE-003 (Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 14 & 15 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 162-171 (Area 5).)
1997-032-FA-SE-001 (Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 1-7 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 1-10 (Area 1), 11-20 (Area 3), 22-28 (Area 3), 37-38 (Area 4), 57-65 (Area 3), 66-72 (Area 2), 73-86 (Area 1), 87-91 (Area 2), 92-94 (Area 3), 95-101 (Area 2), 108 (Area 3), 141-148 (Area 3), and 173 (Area 3).)
1997-032-FA-SE-006 (Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 8-13 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 29-36 (Area 4), 39-47 (Area 4), 48 (Area 5), 49-56 (Area 4), 109 (Area 4), 110-111 (Area 5), 114-118 (Area 5), 121-130 (Area 5), 131 (Area 4), 132-139 (Area 5), 140 (Area 4), 149-159 (Area 4), 160-161 (Area 5), and 172 (Area 4).)
Boomer seismic data
Sparker seismic data

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