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Field Activity Details for field activity 1994-026-FA

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Other ID: 94-3

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Rendigs, Harley J. Knebel

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sidescan sonar and 3.5 kHz survey (reconnaissance) and sediment sampling (if time permits).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Sandwich, MA

End Port/Location: Plymouth, MA

Start Date: 1994-06-20

End Date: 1994-06-29

Equipment Used: DGPS, Klein 531 sidescan, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, 3.5 kHz, Van Veen grab sampler

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Habitat maps; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sidescan sonar: 445 km; 3.5 kHz Seismic: 445 km; Total 26 transects; No samples attempted. The cruise was very successful in accomplishing about 95 percent of the original expectations for total trackline coverage. Data quality was excellent and the records clearly displayed areas of high and low backscatter which will be useful for extending a sedimentary environments map southward from its present extent in Massachusetts Bay. The 3.5 kHz echo sounder was an excellent companion piece of equipment for detailing the shallow sub-bottom stratigraphy as the reflector's position relative to the surface of the sea floor is a useful adjunct for interpreting sidescan sonar records.

Staff: Richard Rendigs, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: The cruise heeds to the requests of a pre-cruise report dated 12/9/93. Cruise will not interfere with the WHITEHEATH cruise departing June 6, 1994, as Rick Rendigs is the Chief Scientist on both.
Project = Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts Bay

Location:

Cape Cod Bay, southern Stellwagen Basin, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 42.37 South: 41.75 West: -70.6 East: -70.01

Platform(s):

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Asterias

Publications

Rendigs, R.R., and Knebel, Harley J., 2002, Distribution and structure of Holocene sediments in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2729, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/i2729.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, trackline start and ends, cruise summary, trackmap.
Navigation log DGPS DGPS navigation log including line numbers, start and end times, course, speed, latitude, longitude, disk number, and acquisition notes.
Geophysics log (document not focused on specific equipment) Seismic log containing Klein sidescan sonar and 3.5 kHz system data including line numbers, start and end times, equipment configuration, acquisition notes, and paper roll number.
Q-Mips log Klein 531 sidescan Klein sidescan sonar log containing line numbers, Julian days, start and end times, file names, and acquisition notes.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
DGPS --- Navigation
1994-026-FA-LN-002-04 (Edited 5-minute Loran field navigation for June 20-29, 1994.)
1994-026-FA-LN-002-02 (Raw GPS navigation data.)
1994-026-FA-LN-002-03 (Edited 10-second Loran field navigation)
1994-026-FA-LN-001-01 (Plotted track chart containing line numbers, Julian day and time.)
1994-026-FA-LN-002-05 (Edited 1-hour Loran field navigation for June 20-29, 1994.)
1994-026-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 94026)
1994-026-FA-LN-002-01 (DGPS navigation printout including 5-minute fixes, latitude, longitude, course, speed, line and disk number, and acquisition notes.)
Klein 531 sidescan --- Sidescan
1994-026-FA-SO-002 (Digital tape(s) of SSS L1,24, SSS L2, SSS L21,22,25, SSS L2,22,23,3, SSS L5,4, SSS L7,8, SSS L17-11,18, SSS L6, SSS L26,27,28,10, )
1994-026-FA-SO-001 (microfilm of CAPE COD BAY)
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system --- Sidescan
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1994-026-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of CAPE COD BAY)
1994-026-FA-SE-001 (Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology

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