Other ID: 110
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James M. Robb
Affiliate Investigator(s): Barbara Hecker - Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (LDGO)
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain biological and geological specimens, conduct echo-sounding surveys, and record biological and geological narrative and photographic observations of the Continental Slope between Baltimore Canyon and Hendrickson Canyon.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1981-07-07
End Date: 1981-07-21
Equipment Used: 12 kHz, Grab sampler
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Echo-sounding survey data;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ALVIN dives: 13 (#1107-1119; #1114 aborted; USGS dives = #1112, 1115, and 1117); 12 kHz echo-sounding records: 13 km; Sediment samples: 46; Hand-held 35 mm color slides: 651; Bow camera photos: 100 feet each B/W and Color; Audio narrative observations.
Staff: James M. Robb, John C., Jr. Hampson
Affiliate Staff:
Richard Backus - Ch. Sci.
WHOI; Barbara Hecker - Ch. Sci.
LDGO; Ashton; Gison; Logan
Notes:
Location:
Baltimore Canyon, Berkeley Canyon, Carteret Canyon, Hendrickson Canyon, U.S. Atlantic Continental Slope, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 39.11443437 | South: 37.97643939 | West: -73.86410641 | East: -72.38770745 |
Platform(s):
Lulu | Alvin |
Robb, J.M., Kirby, John R., Hampson, John C., Jr., Gibson, Patricia R., and Hecker, Barbara, 1983, Furrowed outcrops of Eocene chalk on the lower continental slope offshore New Jersey: Geology, v. 11 no. 3, doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1983)11<182:FOOECO>2.0.CO;2.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including operations, personnel, and data acquired. Includes a cruise summary of submersible dives. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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12 kHz | --- | Single Beam | 1981-024-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines ) |
Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 1981-024-FA-SC-001 (SUBMERSIBLE SAMPLE samples) |