AKA: none
Other ID: D-1-78-LF,DAL-1-78-LF
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Bill Normark, Dave Piper
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Halifax W S
End Port/Location: Halifax NS
Start Date: 1978-07-19
End Date: 1978-07-26
Equipment Used: airgun, sparker, transitsatellite, LoranC, 12khz
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Ingrid Berger, Earl Blackman, Tom Duffet, Chris Gutmacher, Gordon Hess, Harry Hill
Affiliate Staff:
Dorrick Stow - Geologist
Bob Iuliucci - Mechanical Tech
Ned King - Watchstander
Phil Hill - Watchstander
Fred Lopas - Captain
Tom Kearsey - Chief Mate
Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bill Normark (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dave Piper (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Gordon Hess (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Dorrick Stow - Geologist
Harry Hill - Electronics Tech
Bob Iuliucci - Mechanical Tech
Chris Gutmacher (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Ned King - Watchstander
Phil Hill - Watchstander
Ingrid Berger - Watchstander
Tom Duffet - Watchstander
Fred Lopas - Captain
Tom Kearsey - Chief Mate
Earl Blackman - Chief Engineer
Location:
Laurentian Fan
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 44.26333 | South: 40.2 | West: -58.6 | East: -53.11667 |
Platform(s):
Dawson |
Normark, W.R., and Piper, David J.W., 1983, Growth and development of the upper and middle Laurentian fan: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1375, pp. 110–111.
Normark, W.R., Piper, David J.W., and Stow, Dorrik A.V., 1983, Quaternary development of channels, levees, and lobes on middle Laurentian Fan: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67 no. 9, pp. 1400–1409.
Piper, D.J.W., and Normark, William R, 1982, Slumps and debris flows on the Laurentian Fan; fact and fiction, in Brisbin, W.C., chairperson, GAC-MAC; program with abstracts; joint annual meeting: Geological Association of Canada Program with Abstracts; Mineralogical Association of Canada; Canadian Geophysical Union, Joint Annual Meeting, v. 7, pp. 74–74.
Piper, D.J.W., and Normark, William R., 1982, Quaternary growth patterns of the Laurentian deep-sea fan, Canada: Congres International de Sedimentologie, v. 11, pp. 48–48.
Piper, D.J.W., Stow, Dorrik A.V.A.V., and Normark, William R., 1984, The Laurentian Fan; Sohm abyssal plain: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 3 no. 2-4, pp. 141–146.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| airgun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | single channel start end paper rolls |
| sparker | --- | Sparker | |
| transitsatellite | --- | Navigation | |
| LoranC | --- | Navigation | start end of lines Loran C data d-1-78-lf.030 (Provisional best file) |
| 12khz | --- | Single Beam |
