Field Activity 1984-025-FA

Identifier 1984-025-FA
Alternate names GSI Party 2451
Purpose To conduct a multichannel seismic reflection survey from the northeastern section of Georges Bank, Georges Shoals area, continuing NNE through the Gulf of Maine to the approach of Penobscot Bay as part of the Deep Crustal Studies program. Work to be performed by Geophysical Service Inc. aboard the M/V POLAR PRINCE.
Location Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary CDP multichannel seismic reflection lines 1 and 1A were shot from the northeastern section of Georges Bank in Georges Shoals area and continued NNE to the approach of Penobscot Bay; 221 km, 4420 shot points.
Info derived Morphology;
Comments Project = Deep Crustal Studies, Deep Crustal Studies
Platform
Polar Prince
Length 76.6 meters.
Itinerary
Start Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 1984-11-16
End Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 1984-11-21
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -69.09301758
East -67.87122457
North 43.69612118
South 41.66470448

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Kim D. Klitgord
Crew members
Affiliate principal Richard Wise - Ch. Sci., USGS-Denver; Charles Rowell - GSI
Affiliate staff Richard Wise - Ch. Sci., USGS-Denver; GSI: Charles Rowell - Ops Supervisor, Frank Stark - Sr. Admin., Eric Clow - Party Mgr., Dom Accardo - Sr. CMS Operator, Roger Locke - CMS Operator, Tony Knee - DFS V Operator, Bryan Pinsent - DFS V Operator, Gary Stabback - Explorationist, Ken O'Gorman - Explorationist, Eric Humber - Compressor Mech., Scott Brennan - Compressor Mech., Ed Gaulton - Airgun Specialist, Tony Clarke - Airgun Specialist, Wally Power - Airgun Specialist

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: Multichannel, Single Beam, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Text version of chief scientist's cruise report. Includes personnel, equipment configuration, summary of operations. Also includes the contractor's cruise report information - which seems odd in text format. Perhaps translated from a paper record?
Contractor's report Contractor's Report (text file) Geophysical Service, Inc. (GSI) contractor's report in text format. Perhaps transcribed from a paper record?
Observer log Observer log for line 1
Observer log Observer log for line 1A

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Multichannel seismics Multichannel 4
Simrad EC - 810 echo sounder Single Beam (no data reported)
Magnavox satellite positioning system Navigation (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation 3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1984-025-FA-SE-001-01 Multichannel seismics CD ROM disk of 1A-1 STACKS 1,2,3,4,5, 1A-2 STACKS 6,7,8, 1A-3 1,2,3,4SP245-549, 1A-4 5,6,7,8SP550-894, 1A-5 9,10,11,12SP894-1181, 1A-6 13,14,15,16SP1183-1501, 1A-7 17,18,19,20SP1502-2075, 1A-8 21,22,23,24SP2076-2359, 1A-9 25,26,27,28SP2360-2673, 1A-10 29,30,31,32SP2673-2987, 1A-11 33,34,35,36SP2987-3300, 1A-12 37,38,39,40SP3300-3646, 1A-13 41,42,43,44SP3646-3986, 1A-14 45,46,47,48SP4254-4155, 1A-15 49,50,51,52SP4171-4534, Nancy K. Soderberg
1984-025-FA-SE-001-02 Multichannel seismics Seismic Lines (SEG-Y files) DEMUX Data Nancy K. Soderberg
1984-025-FA-SE-001-03 Multichannel seismics Seismic Lines (SEG-Y files) STACK Data Nancy K. Soderberg
1984-025-FA-SE-001-04 Multichannel seismics Files summary Nancy K. Soderberg
1984-025-FA-LN-001 Loran-C CDP navigation trackline plot for field activity 84025 Nancy K. Soderberg
1984-025-FA-LN-002 Loran-C Digital tape(s) of NV-CMS, NV-SAT-CMS, NV-CMS-FINAL, Nancy K. Soderberg
1984-025-FA-LN-002-01 Loran-C Navigation (text file) Shotpoint navigation file. Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity