Field Activity 1972-003-FA

Identifier 1972-003-FA
Alternate names HUNT Cruise I; Leg I
Purpose Cruise was first part of the search for drilling sites along the north flank of Georges Bank.
Location Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Related activities
1972-004-FA: Cruise legs
1972-005-FA: Cruise legs
Platform
Hunt
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1972-07-21
End (port not specified) 1972-08-02
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -70
East -65
North 42.5
South 39.9

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Robert N. Oldale
Crew members
Chuck O'Hara
Scientist, Staff
Hall, Raymond E.
Scientist, Staff
Frank Jennings
Scientist, Staff
Hendricks, John
Scientist, Staff
Robert N. Oldale
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Phil Clark, David Davis, Gary Stuckey, Robert White

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Magnetics, Navigation, Boomer, Sonobuoy, Sidescan

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's summary describing personnel, data type, dates of field work, and track map.
Cruise log Field log containing Loran-C navigation positions, sonobouy, gravity meter, magnetometer, CSP airgun, and 3.5 kHz Uniboom data acquisition notes.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
Seismic refraction Sonobuoy (no data reported)
Marine magnetometer Magnetics (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation 2
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 2
EG&G Mark 1A sidescan sonar Sidescan 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1972-003-FA-LN-002 Loran-C Digital tape(s) of NV-FINAL, Nancy K. Soderberg
1972-003-FA-NL-001-02 Loran-C Field log containing Loran-C navigation positions, sonobuoy, gravity meter, magnetometer, CSP airgun, and 3.5 kHz Uniboom data acquisition notes. Nancy K. Soderberg
1972-003-FA-SE-001 Single channel hydrophone microfilm of Nancy K. Soderberg
1972-003-FA-SE-002 Single channel hydrophone analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg
1972-003-FA-SO-001 EG&G Mark 1A sidescan sonar Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity