Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Twichell
Affiliate Investigator(s): Paul Teleki - USGS-Reston; Dave Roberts - IOS
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect GLORIA sidescan sonar profiles and seismic reflection profiles to be used to map the morphology of the continental slope and upper rise in the four study areas.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Jacksonville, FL
Start Date: 1979-10-23
End Date: 1979-11-08
Equipment Used: GLORIA sidescan, Gravity meter (wh), Loran-C, GPS (wh), Air gun, Single channel hydrophone, 12 kHz
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GLORIA data: 5543 km; 10 kHz data: 5543 km; Airgun data: 5450 km; Gravity data: 5907 km.
Staff: Cathy Cashman, Kathryn Scanlon Catanach, Pat Collins, Alan Goodman, Kathleen Kent, David Twichell
Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Reston
VA: P. Teleki
F. Keer
F. Musialowski; Institute of Oceanographic Sciences
UK: D. Roberts
M. Somers
J. Revie
S. Smith
M. Beney
R. Robinson
R. Lloyd
Notes:
Location:
Georges Bank, Hudson Canyon, Baltimore Canyon, Cape Hatteras, Blake Escarpment, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42 | South: 27.5 | West: -79 | East: -65 |
Platform(s):
Starella |
Scanlon, K.M., 1982, GLORIA sidescan and seismic data collected by the DESV STARELLA along the continental slope and upper continental rise of the eastern United States in 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1095, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr821095.
Scanlon, K.M., 1984, Physiography of the New England continental slope based on GLORIA II long-range sidescan-sonar survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-485, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr84485.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report and daily log of ship movement, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, and trackmaps. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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GLORIA sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1979-034-FA-SO-001 (microfilm of W/NAV) |
Gravity meter (wh) | --- | Gravity | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1979-034-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 79034) 1979-034-FA-LN-002 (Digital tape(s) of NV, NV,BT-FAA, ) |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | |
Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1979-034-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( E/S) for lines ) 1979-034-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of W/NAV) 1979-034-FA-SE-003 (analog tape of seismic data) |
12 kHz | --- | Single Beam | 1979-034-FA-BA-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, NV,BT-FAA, ) |