Field Activity Details for field activity 2014-011-FA

Other ID: MGL1407

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Law of the Sea - Outer Limits of the US Continental Margins (LQ000FQ)

Principal Investigator(s): Deborah Hutchinson, Nathaniel Miller

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Matthew Arsenault

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Multibeam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To map sediment thickness in order to define the outer limits of the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf beyond 200 nautical miles; and to better understand landslide processes on the Atlantic margin.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Newark, NJ

End Port/Location: Norfolk, VA

Start Date: 2014-08-13

End Date: 2014-09-05

Equipment Used: Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R, Geometrics G-856 magnetometer, Bell Aerospace BGM-3 gravimeter, DGPS, Other, EM122 12 kHz multibeam

Information to be Derived: Sediment thickness, location of fracture zones

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Magnetics and gravity data, seismics and sonar.

Staff: Matthew Arsenault, Wayne Baldwin, David Foster, Deborah Hutchinson, Eric Moore, Thomas O'Brien

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Notes: Draft environmental compliance documents and permits were completed in April. USGS EA for 2014-011-FA is posted at:
https://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/environmental_compliance/index.html

Location:

Atlantic Continental Margin, (NC to Maine), United States, North America, North Atlantic

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