Field Activity Details for field activity 1998-050-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

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Principal Investigator(s): David Nichols

Affiliate Investigator(s): Tom Mack - WRD Section Chief, Pembroke, NH

Information Specialist(s): David Nichols

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sidescan/high-resolution sub-bottom survey of Great Bay, New Hampshire, mapping groundwater discharge areas.

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Start Port/Location: Portsmouth, NH

End Port/Location: Portsmouth, NH

Start Date: 1998-11-16

End Date: 1998-11-20

Equipment Used: Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar, ISIS, Elics Data Acquisition System, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, P-code GPS

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Thirteen lines of sidescan collected in ISIS Qmips format. Seven lines of seismic collected in SEGY format on Jazz. All navigation data recorded on floppy. Sidescan tapes (1-3) and navigation floppy stored in Woods Hole. Jazz drive recordings and all hard copy data given to Tom Mack, USGS-WRD. Barry Irwin processing navigation data to provide trackline chart. ISIS Log stored in Woods Hole and copy sent to Tom Mack. Sidescan sonar: 150 km (13 lines); 3.5kHz: ? km (7 lines).

Staff: David Nichols

Affiliate Staff:
Tom Mack - Geohydrologic Section Chief
NH/VT District
Pembroke
NH - PI

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Location:

Great Bay, New Hampshire, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

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