1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1974-005-FA

Identifier 1974-005-FA
Purpose Obtain vibracores in Cape Cod Bay using Alpine Electric Vibracore System.
Location Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary Collected 28 vibracores, bathymetry, gravity, magnetics, and seismic data.
Info derived Grain size analysis; Sea floor map; Morphology;
Comments Project = MA Co-op, MA Co-op
Platform
Atlantic Twin
90 foot steel catamaran hull research vessel with a 7 foot draft.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1974-06-18
End Woods Hole, MA 1974-06-23
Days in the field 6
Bounds
West -70.68328857
East -70.10312868
North 42.16883216
South 41.74718127

Personnel

Organization
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
Ferrebee, Wayne
Scientist, Staff
Hall, Raymond E.
Scientist, Staff
Frank Jennings
Scientist, Staff
Meeder, Charles
Scientist, Staff
Robert N. Oldale
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Michael Sampson - Geologist, MA Dept. of Natural Resources; David Barnes - UWM

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
Vibracore log Alpine Vibracorer Vibracoring Log Description and seismic profile detail of site.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Alpine Vibracorer Geology 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1974-005-FA-SC-001 Alpine Vibracorer Core Descriptions (pdf file) Geologic descriptions of vibracores. Nancy K. Soderberg
1974-005-FA-SC-002 Alpine Vibracorer Sediment Texture Descriptions (pdf file) Sediment Texture Laboratory work sheets. Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity