| Identifier | 1972-001-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | Phases I and II | ||||||||
| Purpose | This survey was undertaken to establish if exploitable aggregate resources exist in Massachusetts waters. A reconnaissance survey of the area from Cape Ann to Brant Rock between the 40 and 150 foot contours was conducted using sub-bottom profiling and sidescan sonar to ascertain the general geologic conditions. Following the reconnaissance survey, a detailed survey and physical sampling operations were conducted to delineate potential areas of economic aggregate deposits using acoustical methods, grab sampling, and bottom photography. | ||||||||
| Location | Cape Ann Light to Brant Rock, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic; | ||||||||
| Summary | Cruise conducted by Raytheon Company under contract to MA Div. of Mineral Resources with no USGS ship-board presence. Bob Oldale and John Schlee provided planning and evaluation of samples and seismic survey data. Data: Bottom photos: 103; Shipek grab samples: 66; Uniboom data: 500 miles; Sidescan sonar; Bathymetry (unprocessed). | ||||||||
| Info derived | Grain size analysis; Sea floor map; | ||||||||
| Comments | Cruise was conducted by Raytheon Company Submarine Signal Division under contract to the Massachusetts Division of Mineral Resources to delineate potential areas of economic deposits of sand and gravel. No USGS ship-board presence; Bob Oldale and John Schlee provided planning and evaluation of samples and seismic survey data. Project = MA Coastal Mineral Inventory, MA Coastal Mineral Inventory | ||||||||
| Related activities |
1972-002-FA: Cruise legs |
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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| Principal investigators | Robert N. OldaleJohn Schlee | ||||
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| Affiliate principal | Massachusetts DNR-Division of Mineral Resources; C.F. Willett - Raytheon | ||||
| Affiliate staff | Raytheon: David O. Cook - geologist, David Bell - geologist, L. C. Britton - survey engineer, S. Sternberg - survey tech.; Mass. Division of Mineral Resources: Robert Blumberg, Richard Wilkins, Joseph Jackimovicz; Alpine Geophysical: B. Brasher, Nav. party chief - LORAC service; Sea Tech, Inc.: W. Wood - photography tech. |
| Data category: | Seismics, Sonar, Sampling, Location-Elevation |
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| Data type: | Boomer, Air Gun / Water Gun, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Single Beam, Geology, Navigation |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| EG&G 234 | Boomer | (no data reported) | |
| Single channel hydrophone | Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler | 7 | |
| EG&G Mark 1A sidescan sonar | Sidescan | 1 | |
| Raytheon DE-719 precision echo sounder | Single Beam | (no data reported) | |
| Shipek grab | Geology | (no data reported) | |
| LORAC type B radiolocation system | Navigation | 1 |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| 1972-001-FA-SE-001 | Single channel hydrophone | Seismic bottom profiles: 500 miles of Uniboom data collected along 79 track lines. | Barbara Ann McKinney |
| 1972-001-FA-SE-001-01 | Single channel hydrophone | 94 SEG-Y merged files. | Gregory K Miller |
| 1972-001-FA-SE-001-02 | Single channel hydrophone | Scanned raw record sections: 89 scanned raw seismic record sections in TIFF format. | Gregory K Miller |
| 1972-001-FA-SE-001-03 | Single channel hydrophone | Scanned cropped record sections: 101 scanned cropped seismic record sections in TIFF format. | Gregory K Miller |
| 1972-001-FA-SE-002 | Single channel hydrophone | Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1972-001-FA-SE-003 | Single channel hydrophone | microfilm of LINES 201-241 *LABELED SSS IS UNI & VICE VERSA | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| SEGY data | Single channel hydrophone | Linda P McCarthy | |
| 1972-001-FA-SO-001 | EG&G Mark 1A sidescan sonar | microfilm of LINES 201-241 *LABELED SSS IS UNI & VICE VERSA | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1972-001-FA-LN-001-01 | LORAC type B radiolocation system | ZIP archive of Drawing 1 Rev. 2 - Track line map with time and sample locations reflecting corrected positions for Phase I Lines 27 through 45 and Phase II Lines 233 through 241 (north of 42 degrees, 25 minutes, 15 seconds N), accurate to approximately +/- 100 feet. | Nancy K. Soderberg |