Other ID: 81-3
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Investigator(s): Francis S. Birch, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, University of NH
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map glacial and post-glacial sediments and bedrock.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1981-06-19
End Date: 1981-06-30
Equipment Used: Sidescan sonar, Marine magnetometer, 3.5 kHz, Loran-C, Boomer, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Uniboom data: 480 km; Sidescan data: 325 km; Magnetics: 150 km; 3.5 kHz data:
Staff: Jack Connell, Frank W. Jennings, Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Staff:
Francis S. Birch
Associate Professor of Earth Sciences
University of New Hampshire; Wang Guo-jiang
graduate student
University of New Hampshire
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Kenneth Parloski, Boat operator; Frank Jennings, Boat operator; Jack Connell, Technician.
Project = Geophysical study of glacial deposits and bedrock on the inner continental shelf of New Hampshire, Geophysical study of glacial deposits and bedrock on the inner continental shelf of New Hampshire
Information from Foghorn: Sidescan sonar system;Proton magnetometer;Seismic profiler;3.5 kHz profiler;
Location:
continental shelf between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Newburyport, Massachusetts, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 43.2 | South: 42.48 | West: -70.42 | East: -70.2 |
Platform(s):
 Neecho |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel, core location information, track chart. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | 1981-018-FA-SO-001 (microfilm of ) |
| Marine magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1981-018-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 81018) |
| Boomer | --- | Boomer | |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1981-018-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines ) 1981-018-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) |
