Other ID: N87-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Rendigs
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Richard Rendigs
Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To conduct a high-resolution seismic reflection (Uniboom) and sidescan survey of Boston Harbor and selected offshore areas.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Point Allerton, Hull, MA
End Port/Location: Point Allerton, Hull, MA
Start Date: 1987-06-16
End Date: 1987-07-21
Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, Klein 531 sidescan, 3.5 kHz, Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C, Northstar 6000 LORAN-C
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Barry Irwin, David Nichols, Thomas O'Brien, Richard Rendigs, Robert N. Oldale, Kenneth F. Parolski, Dave Lubinski
Affiliate Staff:
David Schneider; Mike Hill (Boston University)
Notes: Pollution Transport and Accumulation in Coastal Embayments. Original Center People field contained: Richard Rendigs (Ch. Sci.); Dave Nichols; Tom O'Brien; Kenneth Parolski; David Lubinski; David Schneider; Bob Oldale; Barry Irwin.
Location:
Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42.4 | South: 42.25 | West: -71.0333 | East: -70.63333 |
Platform(s):
 Neecho |
Bothner, M.H., and Butman, Bradford (eds.), 2007, Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean—Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1302, 89 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1302.
Butman, B., and Bothner, M.H., 1998, Predicting the long-term fate of sediments and contaminants in Massachusetts Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 172-97, https://doi.org/10.3133/fs17297.
Butman, B., Bothner, M.H., Hathaway, J.C., Jenter, H.L., Knebel, H.J., Manheim, F.T., and Signell, R.P., 1992, Contaminant transport and accumulation in Massachusetts Bay and Boston Harbor—A summary of U.S. Geological Survey studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-202, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr92202.
Rendigs, R.R., and Oldale, R.N., 1990, Map showing the results of a subbottom acoustic survey of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2124, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/mf2124.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geophysics log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Geophysical log including trackmap, start and end times for seismic (3.5 kHz and Uniboom), sidescan lines, and paper rolls, Megapulse Loran time delays, data acquisition notes, equipment performance, dead reckoning sites |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeoPulse uniboom | --- | Boomer | |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1987-024-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data (geopulse)) 1987-024-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of BUTMAN SITES (geopulse)) |
| Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1987-024-FA-SO-003 (analog tape of seismic data) 1987-024-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines ) 1987-024-FA-SO-002 (microfilm of BUTMAN SITES) |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | 1987-024-FA-LN-001-02 (Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions.) 1987-024-FA-LN-001-01 (Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions.) 1987-024-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 87024) 1987-024-FA-LN-001-03 ( Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions sketched on nautical chart 13272.) |
| Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation |
