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Field Activity Details for field activity 1974-009-FA

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Other ID: BRSC74

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John C. Behrendt

Affiliate Investigator(s): Dave Folger - Middlebury College

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct a Uniboom seismic survey of lower Lake Champlain, Vermont.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1974-10-11

End Date: 1974-10-13

Equipment Used: Visual navigation, Boomer, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Maximum acoustic penetration: 500 feet.

Staff: John C. Behrendt, Dennis Edwards, Patricia Forrestel, Deborah Hutchinson

Affiliate Staff:
Dave Folger (Middlebury College)
Ray Linde (Middlebury College)

Notes: Operational notes only.

Location:

lower Lake Champlain, Vermont, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 46 South: 43.5 West: -73.5 East: -73

Platform(s):


Bruno Schmidt

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report Boomer Report describing operational difficulties of the uniboom seismic system.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Visual navigation --- Navigation
1974-009-FA-LN-001-01 (Trackmap-north (pdf file) Composite trackline map for northern portion of Lake Champlain including lines from R/V Bruno Schmidt 1972 cruise (#72006) and 1974 cruise (#74009).)
1974-009-FA-LN-002 (Navigation plotting sheet for field activity 74009)
1974-009-FA-LN-001-02 (Trackmap-south (pdf file) Composite trackline map for southern portion of Lake Champlain including lines from R/V Bruno Schmidt 1972 cruise (#72006) and 1974 cruise (#72009).)
Boomer --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1974-009-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines )

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