Other ID: Ron Brown HC02
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bradford Butman, James M. Robb
Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Rona (Rutgers University)
Information Specialist(s): James M. Robb
Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Environmental Data: CTD, Sampling: Chemistry, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Bathymetric mapping of the continental slope and rise areas adjacent to Hudson Canyon using multibeam echo-sounding and 3.5 kHz profiling.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Miami, FL
End Port/Location: New York, NY
Start Date: 2002-08-27
End Date: 2002-09-15
Equipment Used: SeaBeam 2112, ODEC 3.5 kHz, CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl, Niskin bottle, GPS (wh)
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 60x110 nmi (111x204 km) bathymetric map; water depths and backscatter recorded by Seabeam system; ODEC 3.5 kHz profile digital data along ~2600 nmi (~4815 km) of track.
Staff: James M. Robb, Tammie Middleton
Affiliate Staff:
Peter Rona (Rutgers
Chief Scientist); Tom Bolmer (WHOI contractor
multibeam mapping); Laura Cottrell
(SUNY-Stony Brook
methane); Kyle Kingman (Rutgers
watchstander); Lisa Weiss (Rutgers
outreach)
Notes: Processing required; attempt to minimize artifacts of poorly corrected ship-roll in bathymetry data. Seismic line info and navigation track not yet available. Contact Mary Scranton, SUNY, for station information. Original Center People field contained: James Robb (co-chief sci), Tammie Middleton (GIS). Original Submitted By field contained: Jim Robb, Brad Butman.
Project = Hudson Canyon Mapping, Hudson Canyon Mapping
Location:
Hudson Canyon, continental slope, continental rise, New York, New Jersey, New York Bight, mid-Atlantic Bight, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.75 | South: 38.25 | West: -72.58 | East: -70.5 |
Platform(s):
 Ronald H. Brown |
Butman, B., Danforth, W.W., Twichell, D.C., and Rona, P.A., 2017, Bathymetry, backscatter intensity, and geomorphology of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon and adjacent slope and rise: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F77H1GSF.
Butman, B., Twichell, D.C., Rona, P.A., Tucholke, B.E., Middleton, T.J., and Robb, J.M., 2006, Sea floor topography and backscatter intensity of the Hudson Canyon region offshore of New York and New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1441, Version 2.0, CD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041441.
Chaytor, J.D., ten Brink, Uri S., Solow, Andrew R., and Andrews, Brian D., 2009, Size distribution of submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic margin: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.08.007.
Geist, E.L., Lynett, Patrick J., and Chaytor, Jason D., 2009, Hydrodynamic modeling of tsunamis from the Currituck landslide: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.005.
ten Brink, U.S., Barkan, R., Andrews, B.D., and Chaytor, J.D., 2009, Size distributions and failure initiation of submarine and subaerial landslides: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 287 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.031.
Twichell, D.C., Chaytor, Jason D., ten Brink, Uri S., and Buczkowski, Brian, 2009, Morphology of late Quaternary submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic continental margin: Marine Geology, v. 264 no. 1-2, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.01.009.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Event log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Watchstanders' event log describing Sea Beam swath bathymetry, ODEC 3.5 kHz, line and file names, start and end times, ship movement, equipment performance, data acquisition notes, etc. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SeaBeam 2112 | --- | Multibeam | hc_morph (Geomorphic provinces in the Hudson Canyon region (polyline shapefile, geographic, WGS 84)) hc_rb_backi (GeoTIFF image of the backscatter intensity of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region (100-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)) hc_rb_bath100 (Bathymetry of the Hudson Canyon region (100-m resolution Esri binary grid and 32-bit GeoTIFF, Mercator, WGS 84)) hc_rb_srback (GeoTIFF image of the shaded-relief bathymetry, pseudo-colored by backscatter intensity, of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region (100-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)) hc_rb_srelief45 (GeoTIFF image of shaded-relief bathymetry, illuminated from 45 degrees, of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region (100-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)) hc_rb_srelief315 (GeoTIFF image of shaded-relief bathymetry, illuminated from 315 degrees, of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region (100-m resolution, Mercator, WGS 84)) hc_facies (Sea-floor environments in the Hudson Canyon region (polyline shapefile, geographic, WGS 84)) 2002-050-FA-BA-001 (DVD ROM disk of RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW NAV,CTD,ADCP,SST,SST, PIX, RAW SEABEAM, SEAVIEW, ALL BATHY,NAV,PO,SEABEAM,SEAVW, ) |
| ODEC 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 2002-050-FA-SE-001 (DVD ROM disk of RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW NAV,CTD,ADCP,SST,SST, PIX, RAW SEABEAM, SEAVIEW, ALL BATHY,NAV,PO,SEABEAM,SEAVW, ) 2002-050-FA-SE-002 (DVD ROM disk of RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW NAV,CTD,ADCP,SST,SST, PIX, RAW SEABEAM, SEAVIEW, ALL BATHY,NAV,PO,SEABEAM,SEAVW, ) |
| CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl | --- | CTD | 2002-050-FA-OM-001 (DVD ROM disk of RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW NAV,CTD,ADCP,SST,SST, PIX, RAW SEABEAM, SEAVIEW, ALL BATHY,NAV,PO,SEABEAM,SEAVW, ) |
| Niskin bottle | --- | Chemistry | |
| GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | hc_rb_nav (Tracklines of a multibeam survey of the sea floor of the Hudson Canyon region carried out in 2002 (polyline shapefile, geographic, WGS 84)) 2002-050-FA-LN-001 (DVD ROM disk of RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW ODEC BATHY, RAW NAV,CTD,ADCP,SST,SST, PIX, RAW SEABEAM, SEAVIEW, ALL BATHY,NAV,PO,SEABEAM,SEAVW, ) |
