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

Field Activity 2020-002-FA

Identifier 2020-002-FA -- CANCELED
Purpose To determine the morphology and seismic stratigraphy of the nearshore bars and shoreface of eastern Cape Cod for the purpose of understanding seal and Great White Shark behavior in this environment.
Location Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States, Atlantic Ocean
Info derived Bathymetry, backscatter, sand shoal thickness
Comments Staffing TBD A funding project number has not been assigned yet
Projects
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Chatham, Massachusetts 2020-06-16
End Chatham, Massachusetts 2020-06-26
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -70.09002686
East -69.90394592
North 42.06152862
South 41.82096681

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David S Foster
Crew members
(not identified)
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
(not identified)
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jennifer Miselis

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Knudsen CHirp 3200 Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Reson T20-P Multibeam, Water column reflectivity (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity