Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Investigator(s): NOAA
Information Specialist(s): Lawrence Poppe
Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter; Knudsen CHIRP sub-bottom profiling.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Boston, MA
End Port/Location: New London, CT
Start Date: 2003-09-29
End Date: 2003-10-10
Equipment Used: Reson 8125, Reson 8101 , Simrad EM1002, DGPS
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: A bathymetric and sub-bottom survey of The Race (NOAA sheet G) was completed in eastern Long Island Sound and western Block Island Sound.
Staff: William Danforth, Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Staff:
Shep Smith
NOAA
Chief Scientist
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Larry Poppe, Geologist; Bill Danforth, Marine Seismic Specialist (mobilization).
Project = Sea and Lake Floor Mapping, Sea and Lake Floor Mapping
Location:
The Race, eastern Long Island Sound, western Block Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.36667 | South: 40.96667 | West: -72.8333 | East: -71.38333 |
Platform(s):
Thomas Jefferson |
Poppe, L.J., and Foster, D.S., Evidence for a Glaciotectonic Origin of the Orient Point â Fishers Island Moraine, Westernmost Block Island Sound [abs.]: , 2014 Geological Society of America Northeast Sectional Meeting. Lancaster, PA, March 23-25, 2014.
Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Parker, C.E., and Doran, E.F., 2011, Combined multibeam and LIDAR bathymetry data from eastern Long Island Sound and westernmost Block Island Sound-A regional perspective: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1003, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111003.
Poppe, L.J., DiGiacomo-Cohen, L.J., Doren, M.L., Smith, S.M., Stewart, H.F., and Forfinski, N.A., 2007, Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in the vicinity of the Race, Eastern Long Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1012, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071012.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Reson 8125 | --- | Multibeam | |
Reson 8101 | --- | Multibeam | |
Simrad EM1002 | --- | Multibeam | 2003-044-FA-BA-001 (Bathymetric Map of The Race (gif file) Bathymetric map of The Race, eastern Long Island Sound, from field multibeam backscatter data.) Bathymetry GIS data |
DGPS | --- | Navigation |