Other ID: WHALER-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): George B. Tirey
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: 1. Delineate the depth to the top of bedrock below the river surface. 2. Determine the location and dimensions of aquifers that transect the river.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1982-06-16
End Date: 1982-06-17
Equipment Used: Innerspace Technology 25-joule sparker
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The base of operation was the State Park at Southampton, MA. Spark source and array were towed 50 feet astern of the whaler. Navigation was provided by visual sights on known land marks. The data quality were good to excellent over about 75 percent of the track run. Data from the other 25 percent of the track were poor with limited or no penetration of the sub-bottom. This lack of penetration of the bottom by the acoustic energy is attributed to biogenic gas bubbles in the near surface sediments. All of the data from this survey were retained by the personnel from the Water Resources Division.
Staff: David Nichols, George B. Tirey
Affiliate Staff:
Bruce Hansen (USGS - WRD); Pete Haeni (USGS - WRD); David McKeegan (USGS - WRD)
Notes:
Project = Cooperative Survey on the CT River with USGS WRD, Cooperative Survey on the CT River with USGS WRD
Location:
Connecticut River between Southampton and North Hadley, Massachusetts, United States, North America;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.425 | South: 42.2 | West: -72.75 | East: -72.45 |
Platform(s):
Whaler |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment notes, data acquisition information. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Innerspace Technology 25-joule sparker | --- | Sparker |