1997-032-FA (CMHRP activity #1425)

Field Activity 1997-032-FA

Identifier

1997-032-FA

Purpose

Complete the high-resolution sea floor mapping investigation along the inner shelf south of Long Island, New York.

Location

southern shore of Long Island, Fire Island to Montauk Point, New York, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Comments

There was a crew change Oct. 7-8 in Newport, RI. Original Center People field contained: Leg 1: Bill Danforth, Chris Polloni, Dave Foster, Eric Haase; Legs 1 and 2: Rob Thieler, Tom O'Brien, Ann Swift. Project = Sand Resources, Long Island, NY, Inner Shelf, Sand Resources, Long Island, NY, Inner Shelf Information in Foghorn: SIS-1000 sidescan/CHIRP, GeoPulse boomer system, Fathometer, DGPS Navigation, EPC recorder, Van Veen sampler;

Platform

Diane G

103 feet

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1997-09-25
End	Woods Hole, MA	1997-10-19
Days in the field	26

Bounds

West	-72.85
East	-71.78
North	41.1
South	40.6

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

William C SchwabE. Robert Thieler

Crew members

William W Danforth	Scientist, Staff
E. Robert Thieler	Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien	Scientist, Staff
David S Foster	Scientist, Staff
McKinney, Barbara Ann	Scientist, Staff
Polloni, Christopher F.	Scientist, Staff
Haase, Eric	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Jane F Denny	Specialist, Information
David S Foster	Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

USACOE

Affiliate staff

Leg 1: Ilya Buynevich - BU; Leg 2: Brian Donahue - Univ. S. Florida

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
GeoPulse uniboom	Boomer	(no data reported)
SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	Sub Bottom Profiler	2
DGPS	Navigation	4
SIS1000 Sidescan sonar	Sidescan	1
Echosounder	Single Beam	(no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler	Geology	1
Sparker	Sparker	(no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler	8

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1997-032-FA-SE-004	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar	CHIRP Subbottom Data - SEG-Y data files and images.	William W Danforth
Chirp seismic data	SIS1000 Chirp Sonar		Linda P McCarthy
1997-032-FA-LN-001	DGPS	Chirp Field Navigation Data and Shotpoint Maps	William W Danforth
1997-032-FA-LN-002	DGPS	Boomer and Sparker Field Navigation Data and Shotpoint Maps	William W Danforth
Boomer/Sparker navigation	DGPS		Linda P McCarthy
Chirp navigation	DGPS		Linda P McCarthy
1997-032-FA-SO-001	SIS1000 Sidescan sonar	Sidescan-Sonar data and DGPS Navigation data.	William C Schwab
1997-032-FA-SC-001	Van Veen grab sampler	GRAB samples	Brian Buczkowski
1997-032-FA-SE-001	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 1-7 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 1-10 (Area 1), 11-20 (Area 3), 22-28 (Area 3), 37-38 (Area 4), 57-65 (Area 3), 66-72 (Area 2), 73-86 (Area 1), 87-91 (Area 2), 92-94 (Area 3), 95-101 (Area 2), 108 (Area 3), 141-148 (Area 3), and 173 (Area 3).	William W Danforth
1997-032-FA-SE-002	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 8-13 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 29-36 (Area 4), 39-47 (Area 4), 48 (Area 5), 49-56 (Area 4), 109 (Area 4), 110-111 (Area 5), 114-118 (Area 5), 121-130 (Area 5), 131 (Area 4), 132-139 (Area 5), 140 (Area 4), 149-159 (Area 4), 160-161 (Area 5), and 172 (Area 4).	William W Danforth
1997-032-FA-SE-003	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 14 & 15 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 162-171 (Area 5).	William W Danforth
1997-032-FA-SE-005	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 1-7 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 1-10 (Area 1), 11-20 (Area 3), 22-28 (Area 3), 37-38 (Area 4), 57-65 (Area 3), 66-72 (Area 2), 73-86 (Area 1), 87-91 (Area 2), 92-94 (Area 3), 95-101 (Area 2), 108 (Area 3), 141-148 (Area 3), and 173 (Area 3).	William W Danforth
1997-032-FA-SE-006	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 8-13 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 29-36 (Area 4), 39-47 (Area 4), 48 (Area 5), 49-56 (Area 4), 109 (Area 4), 110-111 (Area 5), 114-118 (Area 5), 121-130 (Area 5), 131 (Area 4), 132-139 (Area 5), 140 (Area 4), 149-159 (Area 4), 160-161 (Area 5), and 172 (Area 4).	William W Danforth
1997-032-FA-SE-007	Single channel hydrophone	Boomer and Sparker Subbottom Data, Discs 14 & 15 - SEG-Y data files and images for Lines 162-171 (Area 5).	William W Danforth
Boomer seismic data	Single channel hydrophone		Linda P McCarthy
Sparker seismic data	Single channel hydrophone		Linda P McCarthy