PRE CRUISE INFORMATION


CRUISE SERIAL NUMBER:

95007

Ship:

Seaward Explorer

Center Principal and Affiliate Principal(if any):

William Schwab

Area of Operations:

New York Bight Apex

Bounding Coordinates

North:

40d40'N

South:

40d20'N

West:

74d6'W

East:

73d6'W

Start and End Dates:

May 8 - May 24, 1995

 

Start and End Ports:

Start: Woods Hole, MA  End: Tom's River, NJ

 

Number of Days at Sea:

18

 

Cruise Objectives:

Assess the shallow sediment framework (first phase of comprehensive "environmental" study of the New York Bight area).

 

Scientific Party(USGS):

William Schwab, Tom O'Brien, Dave Foster, Bill Danforth, Jane Denny, Dave Nichols, Barry Irwin and Rick Rendigs

 

Scientific Party(affiliate):

Meade Allison, Michael Lee, and Linda Lotto (Texas A&M University),  Anna Estes (Weslyan University), and William Corso (Army Corps of Engineers).

 

Scientific Equipment:

SIS-1000, 40 cubic inch water gun seismic-reflection system, Odem 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler

 

Cruise Funding Source:

EEZ Mapping NY-NJ

Remarks:

Report Date: 15:37:32 7/12/95
Submitted by: Bill Schwab


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