Other ID: FRNL FA 87-3; Leg 3
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Dennis W. O'Leary
Affiliate Investigator(s): Eric Darlington - IOS, UK
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To obtain complete GLORIA long-range sidescan sonar image coverage within the area of operations as well as ancilliary seismic reflection profile data and magnetometer profile data. Pursuant to Project Implementation Plan no. 7, Annex 8, between USGS and National Environment Research Council (NERC) of the U.K.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1987-03-28
End Date: 1987-04-25
Equipment Used: GLORIA sidescan, 3.5 kHz, Air gun, Geomechanique streamer, XBT, ABC navigation system, Geometrics G-856 magnetometer, Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Racal/Decca Hyperfix, Magnavox satellite positioning system
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GLORIA Sidescan sonar: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); Airgun: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); 3.5 kHz: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); 10 kHz: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); XBT: 27 total; Magnetics: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km).
Staff: Dennis W. O'Leary, Eric A. Schmuck
Affiliate Staff:
James Vaughn - USGS-Menlo Park; John Hughes-Clark - co-chief sci.
CGS; Gerard Costello - CHS; Roy Sparkes - CGS; Eric Darlington
Mick Gooden
David Gunn
Ross Walker
Linton Wedlock
Steven Williams
Max Dobson - IOS
Notes:
Project = East Coast GLORIA Survey, East Coast GLORIA Survey
Location:
Hudson Canyon, New England continental slope and rise, New England Sea Mounts, New York, Massachusetts, United States EEZ, Nova Scotia Rise, Canada, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.5 | South: 37.8 | West: -72.5 | East: -61.25 |
Platform(s):
 Farnella |
Chaytor, J.D., Twichell, D.C., and ten Brink, U. S., 2012, A reevaluation of the Munson-Nygren-Retriever Submarine Landslide Complex, Georges Bank Lower Slope, Western North Atlantic: In: Y. Yamada et al (Ed.), Submarine Mass Movements and their Consequences Book. Springer, doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_12,.
Chaytor, J.D., Twichell, D.C., ten Brink, U.S., Buczkowski, B.J. and Andrews, B.D., 2007, Revisiting submarine mass movements along the U.S. Atlantic continental margin; implications for tsunami hazards, in V. Lykousis, D. Sakellariou, and J. Locat, eds., Submarine mass movements and their consequences: , Springer, Netherlands. Santorini, Greece, 1-3 October, 2007 URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6512-5_41.
Chaytor, J.D., ten Brink, Uri S., Solow, Andrew R., and Andrews, Brian D., 2009, Size distribution of submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic margin: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.08.007.
Geist, E.L., Lynett, Patrick J., and Chaytor, Jason D., 2009, Hydrodynamic modeling of tsunamis from the Currituck landslide: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.005.
Lubinski, D., Hughes-Clarke, J., Dillon, W.P., O'Leary, D.W., Popenoe, P., Robb, J.M., and Schmuck, E.A., 1990, Magnetic and bathymetric data from R/V FARNELLA cruises FRNL87-1, 87-2, 87-3, 87-4, and 87-5 in the U.S. Atlantic Margin EEZ, southern Blake Escarpment, and Nova Scotia continental rise: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-254, 11 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr90254.
Paskevich, V.F., 1997, Digital mosaics of the GLORIA sidescan sonar data of the U.S. Atlantic East Coast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-853, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97853.
ten Brink, U.S., Barkan, R., Andrews, B.D., and Chaytor, J.D., 2009, Size distributions and failure initiation of submarine and subaerial landslides: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 287 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.031.
Twichell, D.C., Paskevich, V.F., Delorey, C.M., 1998, GLORIA sidescan-sonar field data and navigation data collected off Puerto Rico in 1985 and the eastern United States in 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-619, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98619.
Twichell, D.C., Chaytor, Jason D., ten Brink, Uri S., and Buczkowski, Brian, 2009, Morphology of late Quaternary submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic continental margin: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.01.009.
FAN 1987-010-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=1987-010-FA.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including purpose, personnel, equipment, cruise summary, tabulated information, and extensive description of data acquisition. |
| Geophysics log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Watchstander's geophysical log of line and tape changes as well as comments. |
| Computer error log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Printout of MassComp computer airgun acquisition system tape error log. Includes some handwritten notes. |
| Navigation log | Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | USGS IBM platform Megapulse receiver Loran C navigation log describing lines, times, disk changes, chains, time delays (TDs) and comments. |
| XBT locations | XBT | List of XBT locations for FARNELLA Legs 87-2, 87-3, 87-4, and 87-5 (FAs 87008, 87010, 87015, and 87018). Printout of floppy dump with handwritten comments. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLORIA sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1987-010-FA-SO-002 (CD ROM disk of GLORIA ATLANTIC GEOTIFF, GLORIA US EAST COAST GEOTIFF, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA/MOSAIC 1-10;TIF,*, GLORIA/MOSAIC 11-23;TIF,*, ) 1987-010-FA-SO-001 (Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, ) GLORIA sidescan data |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1987-010-FA-BA-001 (Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, ) 1987-010-FA-BA-002 (Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, ) 1987-010-FA-BA-003 (CD ROM disk of GLORIA ATLANTIC GEOTIFF, GLORIA US EAST COAST GEOTIFF, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA/MOSAIC 1-10;TIF,*, GLORIA/MOSAIC 11-23;TIF,*, ) NGDC MGD77 data |
| Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| Geomechanique streamer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | 1987-010-FA-SE-003-02 (Raw SEGY seismic data) 1987-010-FA-SE-003-01 (Line list) 1987-010-FA-SE-003 (Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, ) 1987-010-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 10K) for lines ) 1987-010-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) 1987-010-FA-SE-001-01 (Scanned 3.5Kz seismic records) Air gun data |
| XBT | --- | Temperature | |
| ABC navigation system | --- | Navigation | 1987-010-FA-LN-002 (Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, ) 1987-010-FA-LN-001-02 (Trackline map colored by leg for FARNELLA cruises 87-1, 87-2, 87-3, 87-4, and 87-5.) 1987-010-FA-LN-002-01 (Navigation file containing two-minute fixes. ) 1987-010-FA-LN-001-01 (Trackmap for US East Coast FARNELLA cruises 87-1 (FA 87004), 87-2 (FA 87008), 87-3 (FA 87010), 87-4 (FA 87015), and 87-5 (FA 87018).) 1987-010-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 87010) Nav data |
| Geometrics G-856 magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | NGDC MGD77 data |
| Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | |
| Racal/Decca Hyperfix | --- | Navigation | |
| Magnavox satellite positioning system | --- | Navigation |
