Field Activity 2001-016-FA

Identifier 2001-016-FA
Purpose Map nearshore sediment transport; map subsurface layer to a depth of 20 m.
Location Merrimack River, New Hampshire, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary High-resolution seismic data were collected nearshore on multiple seismic lines with data being stored in SGY format. Hard copy of field data presented to Boston University with digital post-processing to be completed in next phase.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols - Operational/Technical; Barry Irwin - Navigation and Technical. Project = Merrimack River - Nearshore Cooperative, Merrimack River - Nearshore Cooperative
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Newburyport, MA 2001-04-02
End Newburyport, MA 2001-04-06
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -70.89
East -70.68
North 42.91
South 42.7

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)
David R Nichols
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Duncan Fitzgerald - BU
Affiliate staff Duncan Fitzgerald - Boston University; several grad students

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sparker, Bubble Gun, Sub Bottom Profiler, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz) Boomer (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)
Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity