2014-009-FA (CMHRP activity #32)

Field Activity 2014-009-FA

Identifier

2014-009-FA

Purpose

Map sediment distribution in selected areas south of Fire Island

Location

New York Bight, New York, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Summary

Grab samples, bottom video and photographs and seismic reflection data were collected during 2014-009-FA.

Info derived

Grain size analysis; sub-bottom profiling

Comments

Project = Sandy Suppl. Fire Island OT = 44 hrs/wk

Platform

Scarlett Isabella

130 ft. offshore supply ship

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	2014-10-14
End	Woods Hole, MA	2014-10-28
Days in the field	14

Bounds

West	-73.309
East	-72.70175
North	40.7431
South	40.59725

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

William C Schwab

Crew members

Eric Moore	Scientist, Staff
William C Schwab	Scientist, Staff
David S Foster	Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Wayne E Baldwin

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Navigation, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler, Multibeam

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise log	Acquisition log maintained in 2014 during the U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-009-FA conducted offshore of Fire Island, NY (Excel spreadsheet format)

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Other		Unknown, Multichannel, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Bubble Gun, Air Gun / Water Gun, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Sonobuoy	(no data reported)
SeaBOSS	The SeaBOSS was used to acquire grab sediment samples, bottom photographs and video to ground-truth the geophysics in 2014 during U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-009-FA offshore of Fire Island, NY.	Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology	3
DGPS	Navigation data were used to supply positioning information to geophysical and sampling systems in 2014 during U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-009-FA offshore of Fire Island, NY.	Navigation	1
Real Time Kinematic GPS	Navigation data were used to supply positioning information to geophysical and sampling systems in 2014 during U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-009-FA offshore of Fire Island, NY.	Navigation	(no data reported)
Reson T20-P	The Teledyne Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder was tested in 2014 during U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-009-FA offshore of Fire Island, NY. No usable data were collected due to hardware and software malfunctions.	Multibeam, Water column reflectivity	(no data expected)
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i	Edgetech SB-512i chirp subbottom profiler was used to acquire approximately 745 km of seismic data in 2014 during U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2014-009-FA offshore of Fire Island, NY.	Sub Bottom Profiler	3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2014-009-FA_photos	SeaBOSS	Location of bottom photographs along with images collected in 2014 by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY (JPEG images and Esri point shapefile, CGS WGS 84).	Seth Ackerman
2014-009-FA_samples	SeaBOSS	Location and analysis of sediment samples collected in 2014 by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY (Esri point shapefile, CGS WGS 84).	Seth Ackerman
2014-009-FA_videos	SeaBOSS	Location of sea floor video tracklines along with videos collected in 2014 by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY (MP4 video files and Esri polyline shapefile, CGS WGS 84, MP4 files).	Seth Ackerman
2014-009-FA_hypack	DGPS	Text files of the navigation logged by HYPACK in 2014 during the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY (Hypack ASCII Text Files, CGS WGS 84).	Wayne E Baldwin
2014-009-FA_512i_500sht	Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i	Shot point navigation at even 500-shot intervals for the EdgeTech SB-512i chirp seismic-reflection data collected in 2014 by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY (Esri point shapefile, CGS WGS 84).	Wayne E Baldwin
2014-009-FA_512i_Images	Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i	PNG images of Edgetech SB-512i chirp seismic-reflection data collected in 2014 by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY in 2014 (PNG format).	Wayne E Baldwin
2014-009-FA_512i_Tracklines	Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i	Trackline navigation for the EdgeTech SB-512i chirp seismic-reflection data collected in 2014 by the U.S. Geological Survey offshore of Fire Island, NY (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84).	Wayne E Baldwin