Field Activity 2010-010-FA

Identifier 2010-010-FA
Purpose Seismic Profiling: To investigate the character of stratified glacial drift adjacent to the Orient Point - Fishers Island moraine segment. Sampling and Photography: To ground truth NOAA hydrographic surveys in eastern Long Island Sound.
Location Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Summary 51 Stations occupied with SEABOSS; 31 km of seismic lines were run with the Knudsen; 59 km of seismic lines were run with the Boomer.
Comments First 2 days of cruise will be seismic profiling; boat will be re-configured for the small SEABOSS; remainder of cruise will be spent sampling and collecting bottom photography.
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Avery Point, Groton, CT 2010-04-14
End Old Saybrook, CT 2010-04-21
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -72.507
East -71.94672
North 41.27368
South 41.07314

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
Information specialist(s)
Lawrence J Poppe
Specialist, Information
Kate McMullen
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal CT DEP

Data types and categories

Data category: Biological Field Study, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Visual Identification, Other
Data type: Experiments (biological), Surveys (biological), Photo, Video, Navigation, Biology, Geology, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Species ID

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Digital camera Photo 1
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler Geology (no data reported)
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology (no data reported)
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2010-010-FA-PH-002 Digital camera Deck photos of field operations Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity