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Field Activity Details for field activity 2002-050-FA

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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):

photo of Ronald H. Brown
Ronald H. Brown

Publications

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.

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

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.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData 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, )

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