| Identifier | 1987-010-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | FRNL FA 87-3; Leg 3 | ||||||||
| Purpose | To obtain complete GLORIA long-range sidescan sonar image coverage within the area of operations as well as ancilliary seismic reflection profile data and magnetometer profile data. Pursuant to Project Implementation Plan no. 7, Annex 8, between USGS and National Environment Research Council (NERC) of the U.K. | ||||||||
| Location | Hudson Canyon, New England continental slope and rise, New England Sea Mounts, New York, Massachusetts, United States EEZ, Nova Scotia Rise, Canada, North America, North Atlantic; | ||||||||
| Summary | GLORIA Sidescan sonar: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); Airgun: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); 3.5 kHz: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); 10 kHz: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); XBT: 27 total; Magnetics: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km). | ||||||||
| Info derived | Sea floor map; Morphology; | ||||||||
| Comments | Project = East Coast GLORIA Survey, East Coast GLORIA Survey | ||||||||
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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| Principal investigators | Dennis O'Leary | ||||
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| Affiliate principal | Eric Darlington - IOS, UK | ||||
| Affiliate staff | James Vaughn - USGS-Menlo Park; John Hughes-Clark - co-chief sci., CGS; Gerard Costello - CHS; Roy Sparkes - CGS; Eric Darlington, Mick Gooden, David Gunn, Ross Walker, Linton Wedlock, Steven Williams, Max Dobson - IOS |
| Data category: | Sonar, Seismics, Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Electro-Magnetic |
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| Data type: | Sidescan, Sub Bottom Profiler, Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Temperature, Navigation, Magnetics |
| Name | Description |
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| Cruise report | Chief Scientist's report including purpose, personnel, equipment, cruise summary, tabulated information, and extensive description of data acquisition. |
| Geophysics log | Watchstander's geophysical log of line and tape changes as well as comments. |
| Computer error log | Printout of MassComp computer airgun acquisition system tape error log. Includes some handwritten notes. |
| Navigation log | USGS IBM platform Megapulse receiver Loran C navigation log describing lines, times, disk changes, chains, time delays (TDs) and comments. |
| XBT locations | List of XBT locations for FARNELLA Legs 87-2, 87-3, 87-4, and 87-5 (FAs 87008, 87010, 87015, and 87018). Printout of floppy dump with handwritten comments. |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| GLORIA sidescan | Sidescan | 3 | |
| 3.5 kHz | Sub Bottom Profiler | 4 | |
| Air gun | Air Gun / Water Gun | (no data reported) | |
| Geomechanique streamer | Air Gun / Water Gun | 7 | |
| XBT | Temperature | (no data reported) | |
| ABC navigation system | Navigation | 6 | |
| Geometrics G-856 magnetometer | Magnetics | 1 | |
| Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | Navigation | (no data reported) | |
| Racal/Decca Hyperfix | Navigation | (no data reported) | |
| Magnavox satellite positioning system | Navigation | (no data reported) |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| 1987-010-FA-SO-001 | GLORIA sidescan | Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-SO-002 | GLORIA sidescan | CD ROM disk of GLORIA ATLANTIC GEOTIFF, GLORIA US EAST COAST GEOTIFF, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA/MOSAIC 1-10;TIF,*, GLORIA/MOSAIC 11-23;TIF,*, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| GLORIA sidescan data | GLORIA sidescan | Linda P McCarthy | |
| 1987-010-FA-BA-001 | 3.5 kHz | Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-BA-002 | 3.5 kHz | Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-BA-003 | 3.5 kHz | CD ROM disk of GLORIA ATLANTIC GEOTIFF, GLORIA US EAST COAST GEOTIFF, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA/MOSAIC 1-10;TIF,*, GLORIA/MOSAIC 11-23;TIF,*, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| NGDC MGD77 data | 3.5 kHz | Linda P McCarthy | |
| 1987-010-FA-SE-001 | Geomechanique streamer | Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 10K) for lines | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-SE-001-01 | Geomechanique streamer | Scanned 3.5Kz seismic records | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-SE-002 | Geomechanique streamer | microfilm of | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-SE-003 | Geomechanique streamer | Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-SE-003-01 | Geomechanique streamer | Line list | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-SE-003-02 | Geomechanique streamer | Raw SEGY seismic data | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| Air gun data | Geomechanique streamer | Linda P McCarthy | |
| 1987-010-FA-LN-001 | ABC navigation system | Navigation trackline plot for field activity 87010 | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-LN-001-01 | ABC navigation system | Trackmap for US East Coast FARNELLA cruises 87-1 (FA 87004), 87-2 (FA 87008), 87-3 (FA 87010), 87-4 (FA 87015), and 87-5 (FA 87018). | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-LN-001-02 | ABC navigation system | Trackline map colored by leg for FARNELLA cruises 87-1, 87-2, 87-3, 87-4, and 87-5. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-LN-002 | ABC navigation system | Digital tape(s) of RAW GLORIA, NV-BTHY-MAG, SEIS, PROCESSED GLORIA, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1987-010-FA-LN-002-01 | ABC navigation system | Navigation file containing two-minute fixes. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| Nav data | ABC navigation system | Linda P McCarthy | |
| NGDC MGD77 data | Geometrics G-856 magnetometer | Linda P McCarthy |
