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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-013-FA

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Other ID: AR5-97

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Investigator(s): Pat McCrory

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Inner shelf sidescan and seismic mapping for Quaternary sediment processes and distribution and Quaternary faulting and folding.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Arberdeen, WA

End Port/Location: La Push, WA

Start Date: 1997-07-07

End Date: 1997-07-14

Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, Grab sampler, Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar, ISIS, 3.5 kHz, Echosounder, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: David Foster, Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Staff:
Scott Harrison - watchstander/sidescan processor - St.Pete

Notes: This is part of the Menlo Park Cascadia Program. Original Center People field contained: Tom O'Brien - Electronic technician, Dave Foster - Seismic processor.
Project = SW Washington Coastal Erosion and Cascadia Hazards, SW Washington Coastal Erosion and Cascadia Hazards
Information from Foghorn: EdgeTech sidescan sonar, ISIS sidescan data logger, GeoPulse MudSeis seismic data logger, 3.5-kHz, YoNav navigation logger, Digital bathymetry, DEC Alpha processing workstation;

Location:

Inner Shelf, Washington, United States, North America, North Pacific;

Boundaries
North: 48.35747152 South: 46.87062359 West: -125.99025216 East: -124.19313277

Platform(s):

photo of McArthur
McArthur

Publications

Foster, D.S., McCrory, P.A., and O'Brien, T.F., 2001, Archive of Boomer subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise MCAR 97013, Washington Shelf, 7-14 July 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2001-48, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0148.

McCrory, P.M., Danforth, W.W., O'Brien, T.F., and Foster, D.S., 2004, Archive of sidescan-sonar data and DGPS navigation data collected during Cruise 97013, Washington Shelf, 6 July-14 July 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2001-508, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr01508.

Portals/Viewers

FAN 1997-013-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=1997-013-FA.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1997-013-FA-SE-001 (Raw SEGY data)
Boomer seismic data
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
ISIS --- Sidescan
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Echosounder --- Single Beam
DGPS --- Navigation
1997-013-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data)

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