Field Activity 1994-029-FA

Identifier 1994-029-FA
Alternate names AST94-1
Purpose Conduct continuous (detailed) and spaced-line 100 kHz sidescan surveys off Hammonasset Beach State Park to determine surficial sediment textural distribution related to active sedimentary processes and evaluate/relate habitats to benthic community.
Location Hammonasset Beach State Park, central Long Island Sound, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Hammonasset, CT 1994-06-10
End Hammonasset, CT 1994-06-16
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -73
East -72.2
North 41.5
South 41

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Lawrence J Poppe
Crew members
Lawrence J Poppe
Scientist, Staff
Harmon, Amy
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Ralph Lewis - LISRC
Affiliate staff Ralph Lewis, Mary Cohen - LISRS, Conn. Geological Survey, CT; Doug Wheat - Yale U.

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Navigation log DGPS navigation log indicating line start and ends, latitude and longitude, course and speed.
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, cruise summary, tracksmaps, examples of sidescan sonar data, line acquisition information.
Data inventory Cruise Curator's field data inventory.
Geophysics log 3.5 kHz and sidescan sonar log with starts and ends of lines.
Q-Mips log Q-MIPS log indicating line number, file name, and start and end of lines.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar Sidescan 4
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system Sidescan (no data reported)
3.5 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
DGPS Navigation 1
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1994-029-FA-SO-001 Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
1994-029-FA-SO-002 Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar microfilm of LONG ISLAND SOUND Nancy K. Soderberg
1994-029-FA-SO-003 Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar Digital tape(s) of SSS 100K L1-4, SSS 100K L5-18,18A,1A,26, SSS 100K L19-25, SSS 100K L27-29,19A-25A, SSS 100K L30-32, SSS 100K L32, SSS 100K L26A-18B, SSS 500K L34, SSS DSP,TST,6,34, Nancy K. Soderberg
1994-029-FA-SO-003-01 Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar Side scan sonar mosaics Nancy K. Soderberg
1994-029-FA-SE-001 3.5 kHz microfilm of LONG ISLAND SOUND Nancy K. Soderberg
1994-029-FA-LN-001 DGPS Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPS, NAV GPS, NAV GPS, NAV GPS? BLANK DISK, NAV GPS, NAV GPS, NAV GPS, NAV GPS, PROGRAM, WAYPOINTS, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity