Other ID: AST-8-79
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Charles J. O'Hara
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Identify and map the geology and shallow structure of Massachusetts Bay. Assess potential mineral resources, principally sand and gravel. Evaluate feasibility and environmental impact of offshore mining of mineral deposits and offshore disposal of solid waste material. Evaluate potential containment and/or dispersal sites for offshore dumping of harbor dredge-spoil material. Evaluate potential geologic hazards that may impact proposed petroleum pipe line corridors from offshore wells to processing facilities onshore. Determine the geologic framework and Quaternary development of this part of the Atlantic Inner Continental Shelf. Select sites for possible coring in summer 1980. Augment similar data obtained in the Massachusetts Bay inshore area by Raytheon Co. (May 1972, PHIPPS, FA 72001) and further offshore by this office (June 1979, GILLISS Leg 2, FA 79012).
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Provincetown, MA
End Port/Location: Provincetown, MA
Start Date: 1979-08-16
End Date: 1979-08-20
Equipment Used: EG&G 234, Del Norte hydrophone, Loran-C
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Uniboom: 500 km.
Staff: Charles J. O'Hara, Diane M. Eskenasy
Affiliate Staff:
Lloyd E. DeKay
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Chuck O'Hara - Ch. Sci., Diane Eskanasy, Lloyd E. DeKay.
Project = MA Co-op, MA Co-op
Location:
Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.75 | South: 42.05 | West: -70.75 | East: -70.2 |
Platform(s):
 Asterias |
Oldale, Robert N., and Bick, Jennifer, 1987, Maps and seismic profiles showing geology of the inner continental shelf, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1923, 4 sheets, https://doi.org/10.3133/mf1923.
FAN 1979-024-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=1979-024-FA.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report of personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, and track chart. |
| Uniboom log | EG&G 234 | Watchstanders' Uniboom log containing line numbers, times, Loran-C TD's, acquisition notes including equipment configuration and performance, ship movement, etc. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| EG&G 234 | --- | Boomer | |
| Del Norte hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker | 1979-024-FA-SE-002 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines ) 1979-024-FA-SE-002-02 (scanned paper seismic records) 1979-024-FA-SE-002-01 (scanning line list) 1979-024-FA-SE-003 (microfilm of ) 1979-024-FA-SE-001 (film collection of ) SEGY data |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1979-024-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 79024) 1979-024-FA-LN-001-01 (Trackmap with days, time, line numbers.) |
