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Field Activity Details for field activity 2003-044-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Lawrence Poppe

Affiliate Investigator(s): NOAA

Information Specialist(s): Lawrence Poppe

Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter; Knudsen CHIRP sub-bottom profiling.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Boston, MA

End Port/Location: New London, CT

Start Date: 2003-09-29

End Date: 2003-10-10

Equipment Used: Reson 8125, Reson 8101 , Simrad EM1002, DGPS

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: A bathymetric and sub-bottom survey of The Race (NOAA sheet G) was completed in eastern Long Island Sound and western Block Island Sound.

Staff: William Danforth, Lawrence Poppe

Affiliate Staff:
Shep Smith
NOAA
Chief Scientist

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Larry Poppe, Geologist; Bill Danforth, Marine Seismic Specialist (mobilization).
Project = Sea and Lake Floor Mapping, Sea and Lake Floor Mapping

Location:

The Race, eastern Long Island Sound, western Block Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.36667 South: 40.96667 West: -72.8333 East: -71.38333

Platform(s):

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Thomas Jefferson

Publications

Poppe, L.J., and Foster, D.S., Evidence for a Glaciotectonic Origin of the Orient Point â Fishers Island Moraine, Westernmost Block Island Sound [abs.]: , 2014 Geological Society of America Northeast Sectional Meeting. Lancaster, PA, March 23-25, 2014.

Poppe, L.J., Danforth, W.W., McMullen, K.Y., Parker, C.E., and Doran, E.F., 2011, Combined multibeam and LIDAR bathymetry data from eastern Long Island Sound and westernmost Block Island Sound-A regional perspective: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1003, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111003.

Poppe, L.J., DiGiacomo-Cohen, L.J., Doren, M.L., Smith, S.M., Stewart, H.F., and Forfinski, N.A., 2007, Geologic interpretation and multibeam bathymetry of the sea floor in the vicinity of the Race, Eastern Long Island Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1012, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071012.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Reson 8125 --- Multibeam
Reson 8101 --- Multibeam
Simrad EM1002 --- Multibeam
2003-044-FA-BA-001 (Bathymetric Map of The Race (gif file) Bathymetric map of The Race, eastern Long Island Sound, from field multibeam backscatter data.)
Bathymetry GIS data
DGPS --- Navigation

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