Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Harley J. Knebel, Richard Rendigs
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sidescan sonar survey to define the bottom sedimentary environments of Long Island Sound.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 1995-04-04
End Date: 1995-04-12
Equipment Used: SIS1000 Chirp Sonar, DGPS, SIS1000 Sidescan sonar, Single channel hydrophone, ORE multibeam
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: VeeAnn Cross, Kenneth F. Parolski, Richard Rendigs, Barbara A. Seekins, Brenton B. Taylor
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Original Center People field contained: VeeAnn Cross - marine geol., Kenneth Parolski - phys. sci., Richard Rendigs - marine geol., Barbara Seekins - phys. sci. tech., Brendt Taylor - phys. sci. tech.
Project = Long Island Sound Marine Geologic Studies, Long Island Sound Marine Geologic Studies
Information from cruise report: Datasonics SIS-1000, Chirplink acquisition system, seismic data processing system, Dynacon winch, Benthos DS-7000 acoustic deck set, ORE multibeam, EPC 9800 seismics recorder;
Location:
Long Island Sound, Connecticut, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 41.33509 | South: 40.80965 | West: -74.0073 | East: -71.6803 |
Platform(s):
 Anderson |
Poppe, L.J., Polloni, C., eds., 1998, Long Island Sound environmental studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report (98-502), https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98502.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information including start and end of line locations, trackmap. |
| Navigation log | DGPS | Navigation log including disk changes and sea conditions. |
| Navigation log | DGPS | DGPS navigation printout containing one-minute fixes, date, time, latitude, longitude, speed, course, and water depth. Handwritten annotation of line changes. |
| Navigation log | DGPS | Edited DGPS navigation printout containing one-minute fixes, latitude, longitude, water depth, and layback. |
| Q-Mips log | SIS1000 Sidescan sonar | Q-MIPS log describing file names, line numbers, start and end times, tape numbers, sea conditions, and equipment performance. |
| Seismic log | SIS1000 Sidescan sonar | SIS-1000 sidescan sonar and subbottom equipment configuration, performance log and general log. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIS1000 Chirp Sonar | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1995-010-FA-SE-001 (Digital tape(s) of SSS,SBTM) |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | |
| SIS1000 Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | 1995-010-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines ) 1995-010-FA-SO-002 (Digital tape(s) of SSS,SBTM) |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| ORE multibeam | --- | Multibeam |
