1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1982-040-FA

Identifier 1982-040-FA
Alternate names 82-2
Purpose Obtain multichannel data in lower Chesapeake Bay at mouths of Little Creek, James, Potomac, Rappahannock and York Rivers.
Location James River, Little Creek, Newport News, York River, Rappahannock River, Potomac River, lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Maryland, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Multichannel lines: 11 (1-6, 8, 15-18).
Info derived Morphology;
Comments No cruise report; information deduced from Seismic Observers' Log.
Platform
Neecho
38 feet
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1982-05-12
End (port not specified) 1982-05-22
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -76.5
East -76
North 38
South 36.9

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators George Tirey
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
George Tirey
Scientist, Staff
Connell, Jack
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Multichannel, Sparker

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Navigation log Navigation log containing sparse Chief Scientist's notes.
Observer log Multichannel observer's log describing equipment configuration, line, file, tape changes, data acquisition notes.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Multichannel seismics Multichannel 2
Sparker Sparker (no data reported)
Visual navigation Navigation (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation 9
Dead reckoning Navigation (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1982-040-FA-SE-002 Multichannel seismics microfilm of Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-SE-003 Multichannel seismics SEGY seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001 Loran-C Navigation trackline plot for field activity 82040 Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-01 Loran-C Track Map, Line 1 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 1, May 12, 1982, Newport News to Jamestown Island and Back River, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-02 Loran-C Track Map, Line 1 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 1, May 12, 1982, Jamestown Island to mouth of Chickahominy River, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-03 Loran-C Track Map, Line 2 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 2, May 13, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk to Newport News, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-04 Loran-C Track Map, Line 3 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 3, May 14, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, Little Creek to Cape Charles to York River mouth, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-05 Loran-C Track Map, Line 4 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 4, May 14-15, 1982, York River, mouth of Rappahannock River to Blundering Point, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-06 Loran-C Track Map, Line 4 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 4, May 15, 1982, York River, Yorktown Island to West Point, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-07 Loran-C Track Map, Line 6 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 6, May 16, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, off mouth of Rappahannock River, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-LN-001-08 Loran-C Track Map, Line 6 (pdf file) Field trackmap with date and time for Line 6, May 17, 1982, Chesapeake Bay, mouth of Potomac River, VA. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-040-FA-SE-001 Single channel hydrophone Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity