1973-004-FA (CMHRP activity #453)

Field Activity 1973-004-FA

Identifier

1973-004-FA

Alternate names

ASTR 73-JUNJUL

Purpose

Uniboom survey of Cape Cod Bay.

Location

Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Summary

Excellent data were collected along seismic lines spaced one mile apart. Penetration to basement was accomplished in most places. Uniboom lines: 1-25.

Comments

Project = Massachusetts Co-op, Massachusetts Co-op

Platform

Asterias

Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1973-06-20
End	Woods Hole, MA	1973-07-06
Days in the field	16

Bounds

West	-70.6
East	-70.1
North	42
South	41.6

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Chuck O'HaraRobert N. Oldale

Crew members

Chuck O'Hara	Scientist, Staff
McNair, Donald W.	Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type:	Navigation, Boomer

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Loran-C	Navigation	1
Boomer	Boomer	(no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler	3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1973-004-FA-LN-001-01	Loran-C	Zip archive of Cruise track chart with line numbers, days, and 15-minute positions.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1973-004-FA-SE-001	Single channel hydrophone	Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines	Nancy K. Soderberg
1973-004-FA-SE-002	Single channel hydrophone	microfilm of LINES 1-32	Nancy K. Soderberg
SEGY data	Single channel hydrophone		Linda P McCarthy