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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-040-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): Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Investigator(s): Duncan Fitzgerald - BU

Information Specialist(s): William Danforth

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Boomer, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquire sub-bottom boomer data and test and evaluate reconfigured sparker and other systems.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Bath, ME

End Port/Location: Bath, ME

Start Date: 1997-08-04

End Date: 1997-08-07

Equipment Used: Sparker , GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, P-code GPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: William Danforth, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
Ilya Buynevich - BU

Notes:

Location:

Popham Beach, Maine, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 43.7582 South: 43.72744 West: -69.8003 East: -69.75769

Platform(s):


Judy Brett

Publications

Buynevich, I.V., Fitzgerald, D.M., and Parolski, K.F., 1999, Geophysical investigation of the nearshore geologic framework, eastern Casco Bay - Reid State Park, Maine—Data analysis and implications for Late Quaternary coastal evolution: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-380, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr99380.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sparker --- Sparker
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
P-code GPS --- Navigation

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