Identifier | 1976-039-FA | ||||||||
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Purpose | The cooperative marine program is intended to provide the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a detailed accounting and geological evaluation of the lands that lie submerged beneath its coastal waters. Principal objectives include detailed mapping of geological features, assessment of potential mineral resources, feasibility and enviromental impact studies related to offshore mining of sand and gravel, and environmental considerations relative to offshore disposal of solid waste material. | ||||||||
Location | eastern Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic; | ||||||||
Summary | Uniboom: 250 km. | ||||||||
Info derived | Sea floor map; Morphology; | ||||||||
Comments | Original Center People field contained: Chuck O'Hara (Ch. Sci.); Wayne Mac Ferrebee (Geologist); Robert Commeau (Geologist); Frank Jennings (Electronic Technician). Project = Massachusetts Co-op, Massachusetts Co-op | ||||||||
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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Principal investigators | Chuck O'Hara | ||||||||
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Data category: | Location-Elevation, Seismics |
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Data type: | Navigation, Boomer |
Name | Description |
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Cruise report | Chief Scientist's cruise report and daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, scientific results and personnel. Includes trackmap. |
Uniboom log | Uniboom log containing line numbers, date, time, latitude, longitude, equipment performance and data acquisition notes. |
Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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EG&G 234 | Boomer | (no data reported) | |
Epsco LORAN-C | Navigation | 2 | |
Single channel hydrophone | Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler | 4 |
Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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1976-039-FA-LN-001-01 | Epsco LORAN-C | Navigation Track Map (pdf file) Trackline map of ship movement with times and line numbers. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
1976-039-FA-LN-001-02 | Epsco LORAN-C | Composite Track Map (pdf file) Composite Nantucket Sound trackline map from ASTERIAS June (FA 76021) and October (FA 76039) 1976 and July (FA 77024) 1977 containing ship movement with times and line numbers. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
1976-039-FA-NL-001-02 | Single channel hydrophone | Uniboom log containing line numbers, date, time, latitude, longitude, equipment performance and data acquisition notes, etc. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
1976-039-FA-SE-001 | Single channel hydrophone | microfilm of LINES 18-25 | Nancy K. Soderberg |
1976-039-FA-SE-002-01 | Single channel hydrophone | scanned seismic record sections | Nancy K. Soderberg |
1976-039-FA-SE-002-02 | Single channel hydrophone | Line information | Nancy K. Soderberg |