1987-024-FA (CMHRP activity #977)

Field Activity 1987-024-FA

Identifier

1987-024-FA

Alternate names

N87-1

Purpose

To conduct a high-resolution seismic reflection (Uniboom) and sidescan survey of Boston Harbor and selected offshore areas.

Location

Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Comments

Pollution Transport and Accumulation in Coastal Embayments. Original Center People field contained: Richard Rendigs (Ch. Sci.); Dave Nichols; Tom O'Brien; Kenneth Parolski; David Lubinski; David Schneider; Bob Oldale; Barry Irwin.

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html

Platform

Neecho

38 feet

Itinerary

Start	Point Allerton, Hull, MA	1987-06-16
End	Point Allerton, Hull, MA	1987-07-21
Days in the field	19

Bounds

West	-71.0333
East	-70.63333
North	42.4
South	42.25

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Richard R Rendigs

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien	Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols	Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin	Scientist, Staff
Lubinski, Dave	Scientist, Staff
Robert N. Oldale	Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Richard R Rendigs

Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

David Schneider; Mike Hill (Boston University)

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Geophysics log	Geophysical log including trackmap, start and end times for seismic (3.5 kHz and Uniboom), sidescan lines, and paper rolls, Megapulse Loran time delays, data acquisition notes, equipment performance, dead reckoning sites

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
GeoPulse uniboom	Boomer	(no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler	2
Klein 531 sidescan	Sidescan	3
3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C	Navigation	4
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C	Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1987-024-FA-SE-001	Single channel hydrophone	microfilm of BUTMAN SITES (geopulse)	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-SE-002	Single channel hydrophone	analog tape of seismic data (geopulse)	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-SO-001	Klein 531 sidescan	Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-SO-002	Klein 531 sidescan	microfilm of BUTMAN SITES	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-SO-003	Klein 531 sidescan	analog tape of seismic data	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-LN-001	Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C	Navigation trackline plot for field activity 87024	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-LN-001-01	Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C	Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-LN-001-02	Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C	Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions.	Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-024-FA-LN-001-03	Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C	Cruise track chart containing line numbers, days, and fifteen minute positions sketched on nautical chart 13272.	Nancy K. Soderberg