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Field Activity Details for field activity 1984-018-FA

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Other ID: ASTR 84 OCT01

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Robert N. Oldale

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect high-resolution seismic reflection data to define the geology and shallow structure of the inner shelf off the central Maine coast.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1984-10-01

End Date: 1984-10-14

Equipment Used: ORE GeoPulse, Innerspace Technology 25-element hydrophone, Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: All equipment performed smoothly and satisfactorily. Technically, the cruise was successful. Bad weather delayed departure from Woods Hole five days. Geologically, the inner shelf off the central Maine coast consists mostly of bedrock outcrops and sediment ponds containing fine grained upper Wisconsinan glaciomarine deposits capped by Holocene marine deposits. At first glance, there is little information in the data on late-glacial ice-front positions or on the Holocene low sea-level stand.

Staff: Robert N. Oldale, Stephen Colman, Ronald C. Circe, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Data will contribute to understanding the glacial and post-glacial evolution of the coastal region and will provide basic data for management and planning decisions concerning the inner shelf including those related to waste disposal, pollution control, dredging, and sand and gravel resources. Original Center People field contained: Bob Oldale, Chief Scientist; Ken Parolski, Technician; Ron Circe, Geologist; Steve Colman, Geologist.
Project = New England Nearshore, New England Nearshore

Location:

central Maine inner shelf, Booth Bay, Muscongus Bay, Maine, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 44 South: 43.75 West: -69.6 East: -69

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, brief cruise summary.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
ORE GeoPulse --- Boomer
Innerspace Technology 25-element hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
1984-018-FA-SE-001 (Seismic profiles: 41 paper record sections for 41 seismic profiles, identified by line number.)
1984-018-FA-SE-002 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( GEOP) for lines )
1984-018-FA-SE-003 (microfilm of )
1984-018-FA-SE-004 (analog tape of seismic data)
1984-018-FA-SE-001-01 (Cropped seismic profiles: 41 cropped record sections for 41 seismic profiles, identified by line number, in tif format.)
1984-018-FA-SE-001-02 (Scanned Profiles - 41 scanned record sections in TIFF format.)
Loran-C --- Navigation
1984-018-FA-LN-003 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 84018)
1984-018-FA-LN-002 (microfilm of )
1984-018-FA-LN-001 (Cruise Track Map: Trackline map with year, Julian day, and time marks. 1 p., WHSC Data Library Inventory #TK00639.)

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