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Summary for Field Activity Number 76036


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Alternate Leg ID: 023

Area of Operations: Cape Ann, Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, Great South Channel, Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: September 12, 1976 to September 17, 1976

Chief scientist: Robert N. Oldale
   

Objectives: Purpose of the cruise was to study the shallow sedimentary structure south and east of southern Massachusetts and to study the magnetics and gravity in these areas and in the vicinity of Great South Channel and Cape Ann.

Type of Activity: Seismic profiling

Information to be derived: Morphology

Summary: Sparker:1200 km; Airgun:1200km; Magnetics:1200km; Gravity:1200km;

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Robert N. Oldale (boldale@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier F-23-76-NE. Visit this site for more information.

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:

Related Resources: Station Descriptions Seismic Line DescriptionsTrack PlotRelated Web Site

The following materials for this field activity are available in the Information Archives:

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #Data TypeFormFormatAmountSourceNatureRemarks
100116PAPER ROLLGRAPH1MAGNETOMSTRIP CHART
100117LOGBOOKTABLE1TECHMONITOR IN LONG BINDERS
100118BINDER-OPTABLE1COMPMONITORLINEPRINTER
100119BINDERFORM1TECHTAPE RECORDSA1-SA9
100120FILEFOLDERTABLE1CURATORINVENTORY
100121BINDER-OPAQU11GRAVIMETERLISTINGGR1-GR5
100122BINDERFORM1TECHTAPE RECORDGR1-GR5
100123BINDERFORM1TECHTAPE RECORDNV1-NV6
100124BINDER-OPMIXED1COMPMONITORTELETYPE
100126LOGBOOKTABLE1TECHMONITOR
100128-100129PAPER ROLLGRAPH2GRADIOMSTRIP CHART
FD0346-FD0347FOLDERPROFILE2AIRANALOG
FD0348-FD0351FOLDERPROFILE4MSPANALOG
SA0228-SA0236MAGTAPE7-TRACK9RECORDERANALOG
T 0645MAGTAPEDRD1COMPDIGITALCOMPOS
T 0646-T 0651MAGTAPEDRD6COMPDIGITAL
TK0049TRKCHTMAP3TECHORIG
TK0050,TK0132TRKCHTMAP9COMPPLOT
TK0132TRKCHTMAP4COMPPLOT
TK0463TRKCHTMAP1SHIPPLOT
TK0575-TK0576TRKCHTMAP2TECHORIGOVERLAY-NOS#13218,C+GS#080N-51
100127PAPER ROLLGRAPH1SHIP SYSVELOCITY76035
TK0402TRKCHTMAP1COMPPLOT76033, 76035,76036,7637
100071LOGBOOKTABLE1TECHMONITOR76023,76029,76030,76033,76035,76036,76037,76038

Paper/mylar track lines:

Inventory #ProjectionScaleFormSourceMap IDNumber of MapsRemarks
49LCC 1000MYLARORIGORIGINAL & 2 COPIES (POSTCRU)
50MER 555MYLARPLOT
132UTM 500MYLARPLOT
463UTM 100PAPERSHIP PLTREAL TIME PLOT
575MER 80MYLARORIGOVERLAY ON NOS#13218 RI SOUND PORTION ONLY
576 ? 125MYLARORIGOVERLAY ON C&GS#0808N-511RI SOUND PORTION ONLY

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #LinesFolderStart TimeEnd TimeProfile TypeRemarks
003464-11 00122:30 09/12/197604:00 09/15/1976 AIR-
0034712-19 00204:00 09/15/197603:29 09/17/1976 AIR-
003481-5 00112:45 09/12/197604:38 09/13/1976 MSP-
003496-8 00204:28 09/13/197609:52 09/14/1976 MSP-
003509-15 00309:52 09/14/197617:30 09/15/1976 MSP-
0035116-19 00417:38 09/15/197603:10 09/17/1976 MSP-

Seismic/sidescan paper records archived on 35mm film:

These items are at the WHOI data library in the film vault.
DatesContentMCLN #Remarks
19760912-19760917AIR,MSP298 0LINES 4-19, 1-19

Films (35 and 16mm) containing original data films and archived data microfilm. Original films are stored in the WHOI Data Library/Archive film vault. Cabinet storage is in the USGS-WHSC Data Library/Archive.
Inventory #Other #SourceData TypeContentsLocationRemarks
103830298USGS-WHFCSEISAIR,MSPCAB

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