Field Activity 2001-062-FA

Identifier 2001-062-FA
Alternate names IB A-1-01-CH
Purpose (1) Seismic reflection data collection, and (2) Outreach (Dartmouth College Field Geology Class).
Location Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments The cruise has two objectives: first, follow-up data collection for the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem History project, involving collection of small sections of seismic reflection and sidescan sonar data in and around the mouth of the Patuxent River; second, as part of an outreach effort, students from the Dartmouth College Field Geology Program were instructed in marine data collection techniques. Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols, Electronic Tech. Project = Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem History, Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem History
Platform
Aquarius
65 feet
Itinerary
Start Solomons, MD 2001-09-05
End Solomons, MD 2001-09-07
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -76.5
East -75
North 39
South 38

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Stephen Colman
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Stephen Colman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Max Zhao, Dartmouth College
Affiliate staff Max Zhao, Dartmouth College

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GeoPulse uniboom Boomer (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
HYPACK Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity