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Field Activity Details for field activity 2003-029-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David Foster

Affiliate Investigator(s): WHOI

Information Specialist(s): David Foster

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Test and compare boomer seismic system with EdgeTech Chirp 512 system. Locate paleochannels between Woods Hole and Waquoit Bay.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 2003-06-02

End Date: 2003-06-03

Equipment Used: GPS (wh), Boomer, Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: EdgeTech Chirp seismic data archived on CD-R.

Staff: David Foster, David Nichols

Affiliate Staff:
Stephen Swift
WHOI
PI; David Olmstead
WHOI
Captain

Notes:
Project = Field testing Edgetech 512i and 424 Chirp, Field testing Edgetech 512i and 424 Chirp

Location:

Vineyard Sound, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.56667 South: 41.5 West: -70.6667 East: -70.5

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Boomer --- Boomer
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i --- Sub Bottom Profiler

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