Field Activity 1976-035-FA

Identifier 1976-035-FA
Alternate names FAY 022
Purpose Attempt to locate drill pipe equipment left on the ocean floor by drill ship GLOMAR CONCEPTION (FA 76027 AMCOR project) using sidescan sonar sweeps.
Location Lydonia Canyon, North Atlantic outer continental shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Survey encompassed a 3 mile x 3 mile area where pipe assembly was lost at site #6013. Analysis of data aboard the vessel suggested possible targets but further analysis was necessary to confirm whether pipe had been located. Sidescan sonar: 140 km.
Info derived Sea floor map;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Richard Sylwester - Ch. Sci.; Alan Goodman, Kathleen Kent, Nicholas Lefteriou, Ralph Lewis, Donald Moller, Lin Morse, Terence Edgar. Project = AMCOR Pipe Search Survey, AMCOR Pipe Search Survey
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Platform
Fay
176 feet
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1976-09-08
End Woods Hole, MA 1976-09-10
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -67.75
East -67.5
North 40.5
South 40.25

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Richard Sylwester
Crew members
Terry Edgar
Scientist, Staff
Alan Goodman
Scientist, Staff
Kathleen Kent
Scientist, Staff
Richard Sylwester
Scientist, Staff
Lewis, Ralph
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Nicholas Lefteriou, Ralph Lewis, Donald Moller, Lin Morse; Charles Finklestein - Klein Assoc.

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Gravity, Navigation, Sidescan

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Single page cruise memo describing survey and listing scientific party.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Western Geophysical Integrated Navigation System Navigation 2
Gravity meter (wh) Gravity 1
Klein 531 sidescan Sidescan (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1976-035-FA-LN-001 Western Geophysical Integrated Navigation System Navigation trackline plot for field activity 76035 Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-035-FA-LN-002-01 Western Geophysical Integrated Navigation System Navigation data Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-035-FA-GP-001 Gravity meter (wh) Digital tape(s) of NV1-2, GR-FINAL, NV-INS-FINAL, NV-FINAL, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity