Field Activity 2013-006-FA

Identifier 2013-006-FA
Purpose Examine pro-glacial deposits associated with submerged parts of the Old Saybrook and Hammonasset-Ledyard moraines
Location Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic;,
Summary Two days were spent running siesmic lines in Long Island Sound. Twelve Boomer lines were run on the submerged portion of the Hammonasset-Ledyard moraine; seven lines and two transects between lines were run on the submerged portion of the Old Saybrook moraine.
Info derived Sea floor map;Morphology;
Comments We will be looking for seismic features indicative of ice-front processes Project = Sea & Lake/Geol Int Long Island,
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Old Saybrook, CT 2013-05-06
End Old Saybrook, CT 2013-05-08
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -72.5798
East -72.30789
North 41.32114
South 41.22618

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Lawrence J Poppe
Crew members
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Lawrence J Poppe
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Boomer

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity