1976-037-FA (CMHRP activity #546)

Field Activity 1976-037-FA

Identifier

1976-037-FA

Alternate names

FAY 024

Purpose

Test cruise of gravity and sonobuoy systems.

Location

North Atlantic continental shelf, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Acquired test data for gravity and sonobuoy systems.

Comments

Test cruise of gravity and sonobuoy systems.

URL

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/of97-512/

Platform

Fay

176 feet

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1976-09-19
End	Woods Hole, MA	1976-09-21
Days in the field	3

Bounds

West	-72.05015303
East	-69.95539106
North	41.55198414
South	40.60746603

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

John Grow

Crew members

Barry J Irwin

Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

Parks

Data types and categories

Data category:	Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type:	Gravity, Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sonobuoy

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Loran-C	Navigation	2
Gravity meter (wh)	Gravity	1
Geomechanique streamer	Air Gun / Water Gun	2
Seismic refraction	Sonobuoy	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1976-037-FA-LN-001-01	Loran-C	Computer-plotted trackline map of ship movement with dates and hourly fixes.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-037-FA-LN-002-01	Loran-C	Navigation data	Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-037-FA-GP-001	Gravity meter (wh)	Digital tape(s) of NV1-2, GR, NV-INS, NV-INS-FINAL,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-037-FA-SE-001	Geomechanique streamer	Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( SONO) for lines	Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-037-FA-SE-002	Geomechanique streamer	microfilm of TEST CRUISE	Nancy K. Soderberg