Field Activity 1983-006-FA

Identifier 1983-006-FA
Purpose Conduct a geophysical study of glacial deposits and bedrock on the inner continental shelf of New Hampshire via a sidescan study of rock outcrops.
Location Isle of Shoals, New Hampshire, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Only one channel of the sonar functioned correctly. Approximately 100 km of sidescan profiles were collected.
Platform
Jere Chase
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1983-08-16
End (port not specified) 1983-08-18
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -70
East -69
North 43.2
South 42.8

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Connell, Jack
Crew members
Connell, Jack
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal F.S. Birch, UNH
Affiliate staff F.S. Birch, UNH; John Brooks, UNH

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report, in a somewhat cryptic format. Appears to include personnel, equipment, and brief information about acquisition.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Edo Western Sidescan and 2.5 kHz sub-bottom system Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan 2
Loran-C Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1983-006-FA-SO-001 Edo Western Sidescan and 2.5 kHz sub-bottom system Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
1983-006-FA-SO-002 Edo Western Sidescan and 2.5 kHz sub-bottom system microfilm of Nancy K. Soderberg
1983-006-FA-LN-001 Loran-C Navigation trackline plot for field activity 83006 Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity