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

Field Activity 2000-072-FA

Identifier 2000-072-FA
Alternate names IB R-72-00-MA
Purpose To map sediment to 8 m depth and sidescan surficial features.
Location Merrimack River, New Hampshire, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary There was no data collected on this cruise. Equipment problems hampered the collection of sidescan and sub-bottom. This cruise has been rescheduled for April 1-10. An appropriate pre-cruise form will be filed when the dates are certain.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols, Captain and Technical; Barry Irwin, Technical and Navigation. Project = Merrimack River, Merrimack River
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Sandwich Basin 2000-09-24
End Sandwich Basin 2000-10-01
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -71.6353
East -71.14746
North 43.82241
South 43.64204

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David R Nichols
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Barry J Irwin
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Boston University
Affiliate staff Duncan Fitzgerald, Boston University

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar Sidescan (no data reported)
ISIS Sidescan (no data reported)
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker (no data reported)
Elics Data Acquisition System Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity