Summary Information for Field Activity 2007-034-FA

Area of Operations: Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: November 14, 2007 to November 19, 2007

Chief scientist: Larry Poppe

Objectives: Ground truth NOAA survey of Woods Hole (H11077) with sub-bottom profiles and bottom sampling and photography.

Type of Activity: Sampling; Seismic profiling; Photography;

Information to be derived: Grain size analysis; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;

Summary: A total of 58 stations were occupied (44 sampling and photography; 14 photography only). Chirp high-resolution seismic reflection data were collected along 12.6 km of tracklines.

Contact: Larry Poppe (lpoppe@usgs.gov)
Nancy Soderberg (nsoderberg@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier R-3-07-MA. Visit this site for more information.

Related Links:

- Download 07034.kml to view this field activity in Google Earth

Platform Info:

RAFAEL

Publications resulting from these data

Poppe, L.J., McMullen, K.Y., Foster, D.S., Blackwood, D.S., Williams, S.J., Ackerman, S.D., Barnum, S.R., and Brennan, R.T.,2008, Sea-floor character and sedimentary processes in the vicinity of Woods Hole, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1004. (Also available at http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/pubs/of2008-1004/)

Data Types and Locations:

Logs

Video/Camera/Samples Log

Photos

Data is in the Data Library - contact Data Manager (bbuczkowski@usgs.gov)

Samples

58 samples from 44 sampling stations: sample ID #s 07034 WH 1-4, 6, 7, 9-59, and 61.

Seismics

Processed seismic data: JSF files were converted to SEG-Y files that were further processed and plotted as JPEG format chirp line shot images. The images were used in data release (Open-File Report). (Includes nav data.)

Raw SEGY data converted from JSF data

Video

Data is in the Data Library - contact Data Manager (bbuczkowski#&64;usgs#&46;gov)