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Field Activity Details for field activity 1974-004-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): Harley J. Knebel

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Commence studies of the movement and characteristics of bottom sediments and of the abundance and distribution of benthic organisms via acoustic survey and bottom sampling.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Norfolk, VA

End Port/Location: Norfolk, VA

Start Date: 1974-05-15

End Date: 1974-05-30

Equipment Used: Ross Model 5000 fathometer, 3.5 kHz, Boomer, Nansen bottles, 35 mm camera, Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Tracklines: 2,348 km; Fathometer: 2,144 km; 3.5 kHz records: 1,809 km; EG&G Uniboom: 1,787 km; Sample stations: 93; Bottom sediment grabs: 228; Bottom water samples: 36.

Staff: Robert F. Commeau, Patricia Forrestel, Frank W. Jennings, Harley J. Knebel, Charles Meeder, Charles J. O'Hara, Barbara Tausey

Affiliate Staff:
David Radosh - NMFS-Sandy Hook
NJ; Karen O'Donnell - NOAA Corps; Robert Pawlowski - Ensign
NOAA Corps; Thomas J. McConnell - MT. MITCHELL Chief Survey Tech.; Frank Lamison - NOAA survey technician; Everett Marsh - NOAA survey technician; Paul Spithailer - NOAA survey technician; David Barnes - University of Western Michigan

Notes:

Location:

Baltimore Canyon Trough, outer continental shelf, offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 39.64893676 South: 36.78191456 West: -76.61502564 East: -72.27179999

Platform(s):

photo of Mt Mitchell
Mt Mitchell

Publications

Foster, D.S., Brothers, L.L., Baldwin, W.E., and Pendleton, E.A., 2023, Geospatial data layers of shallow geology from the inner continental shelf of the Delmarva Peninsula, including Maryland and Virginia state waters: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GQY0ZN.

Knebel, H.J., and Twichell, D.C., 1978, Heavy-mineral variability in the Baltimore Canyon trough area: Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey, vol. 6, issue 2, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70232935.

Sheridan, R.E., and Knebel, H. J., 1976, Evidence of post-Pleistocene faults on New Jersey Atlantic outer continental shelf: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, AAPG Bulletin, v. 60 no. 7, URL: http://aapgbull.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/60/7/1112.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist cruise report of data acquisition, equipment notes, etc. Includes amount of information gathered.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ross Model 5000 fathometer --- Single Beam
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Boomer --- Boomer
Nansen bottles --- Temperature
Chemistry
35 mm camera --- Photo
1974-004-FA-PH-001 (Ship photo)
Loran-C --- Navigation
1974-004-FA-LN-002-03 (Track Chart, Subarea III (pdf file) Track chart with dates and 15 minute fixes.)
1974-004-FA-LN-001 (microfilm of LINES 1-109)
1974-004-FA-LN-003 (Digital tape(s) of NV-LORAN C, NV-SUBAREAS, TRKCHT, NV-FINAL, SEIS LINES ONLY, )
1974-004-FA-LN-002-02 (Track Chart, Subarea II (pdf file) Track chart with dates and 15 minute fixes.)
1974-004-FA-NL-001-01 (Chief Scientist's cruise report of data acquisition, equipment notes, etc.)
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1974-004-FA-SE-001 (film collection of )
1974-004-FA-SE-002 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )
1974-004-FA-SE-003 (microfilm of LINES 1-109)

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