Other ID: FAY 024
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): John Grow
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sonobuoy
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Test cruise of gravity and sonobuoy systems.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1976-09-19
End Date: 1976-09-21
Equipment Used: Loran-C, Gravity meter (wh), Geomechanique streamer, Seismic refraction
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Acquired test data for gravity and sonobuoy systems.
Staff: Barry Irwin
Affiliate Staff:
Parks
Notes: Test cruise of gravity and sonobuoy systems.
Location:
North Atlantic continental shelf, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 41.55198414 | South: 40.60746603 | West: -72.05015303 | East: -69.95539106 |
Platform(s):
Fay |
Paskevich, V.F., and Soderberg, N.K., 1997, Navigation and geophysical data collected onboard the R/V Fay from 1975-1976: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-512, CD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97512.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1976-037-FA-LN-001-01 (Computer-plotted trackline map of ship movement with dates and hourly fixes.) 1976-037-FA-LN-002-01 (Navigation data) |
Gravity meter (wh) | --- | Gravity | 1976-037-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV1-2, GR, NV-INS, NV-INS-FINAL, ) |
Geomechanique streamer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | 1976-037-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( SONO) for lines ) 1976-037-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of TEST CRUISE) |
Seismic refraction | --- | Sonobuoy |