1991-015-FA (CMHRP activity #1137)

Field Activity 1991-015-FA

Identifier

1991-015-FA

Alternate names

91-1

Purpose

Study the sedimentology and depositional processes of an inner shelf sand ridge offshore of Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey, to understand sand ridge development and how they are affected by modern oceanographic conditions.

Location

Inner shelf off Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Klein Sidescan Sonar: 18 sq. km; Odom: 15 km; 3.5 kHz: 112 kHz.

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Dave Twichell - Ch. Sci., Ken Parolski - Electronics Technician, Barry Irwin - Navigation Technician.

Platform

Caleta

LOA: 30 feet. Deck 13 by 9 feet, a-frame.

Itinerary

Start	Rutgers Marine Field Station, Tuckerton, NJ	1991-06-10
End	Rutgers Marine Field Station, Tuckerton, NJ	1991-06-14
Days in the field	4

Bounds

West	-74.3
East	-74.2
North	39.55
South	39.45

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

David C Twichell

Crew members

David C Twichell	Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin	Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate principal

Ken Able - Rutgers Univ.

Affiliate staff

Ken Able and N. Psuty - Rutgers Univ.

Data types and categories

Data category:	Sonar, Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type:	Sidescan, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Survey Equipment	Description
Cruise report	(document not focused on specific equipment)	Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, objective, cruise narrative, tabulated information, trackmap.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Klein 531 sidescan	Sidescan	1
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system	Sidescan	(no data reported)
3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder	Single Beam	(no data reported)
Motorola Mini-Ranger III	Navigation	2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1991-015-FA-SO-001	Klein 531 sidescan	Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines	Nancy K. Soderberg
1991-015-FA-LN-001	Motorola Mini-Ranger III	Navigation trackline plot for field activity 91015	Nancy K. Soderberg
1991-015-FA-LN-002	Motorola Mini-Ranger III	Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-FINALMINIR, NAV-MINIR, NAV-MINIR, NAV-MINIR, NAV-MINIR, NAV-MINIR,	Nancy K. Soderberg