Field Activity 2005-024-FA

Identifier 2005-024-FA
Purpose 1. Multibeam bathymetric surveying for charting applications. 2. Collect chirp subbottom concurrently with NOAA's multibeam bathymetry to facilitate geological interpretations of DTMs, providing information on framework, internal structure of surface features, and morphology of bedforms.
Location Long Island Sound, New York, Connecticut, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Platform
Thomas Jefferson
Length: 208 feet; Beam: 45 feet.
Itinerary
Start Boston, MA 2005-09-03
End Norfolk, VA 2005-11-13
Bounds
West -73.8831
East -71.55721029
North 41.25458109
South 40.41266332

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Lawrence J Poppe
Crew members
Lawrence J Poppe
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Lawrence J Poppe
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity