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Summary for Field Activity Number 80016

Alternate Leg ID: NEE-80-1

Area of Operations: western Rhode Island Sound, eastern Narragansett Bay to Block Island, Rhode Island, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: July 9, 1980 to October 3, 1980

Chief scientist: Chuck OHara
   

Objectives: Define geology and shallow structure of western Rhode Island Sound. Identify and map potential geologic hazards. Determine geologic framework and Quaternary development of this part of Atlantic Inner Continental Shelf. Select sites for possible coring during summer 1981. Complement similar data and findings of this office in eastern Rhode Island Sound.

Type of Activity: Seismic profiling
Seafloor mapping

Information to be derived: Sea Floor Map
Morphology

Summary: High-resolution subbottom profiles: 580 km; Sidescan sonar sonographs: 580 km.

USGS Project Number: 9450-02421

Contact: Chuck OHara ()

InfoBank: uses the identifier N-1-80-RI. Visit this site for more information.

Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
photo of NEECHO
NEECHO

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

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #Data TypeFormFormatAmountSourceNatureRemarks
101345MICROFILMPROFILE1BRANCHANALOG
FD1302-FD1306*FOLDERPROFILE7SSSANALOG*FD1400-FD1401
FD1307-FD1311FOLDERPROFILE5UNIBOOM MASTERANALOG
FD1312-FD1316FOLDERPROFILE5UNI SLAVEANALOG
FD1398-FD1399FOLDERPROFILE2UNI SLAVEANALOG
SA1042-SA1049MAGTAPE3-TRACK8RECORDERANALOGVINEYARD SOUND
TK0413,TK0425TRKCHTMAP2TECHORIG
TK0579TRKCHTMAP1TECHORIGOVERLAY-NOS#13218
101143LOGBOOKTABLE1TECHMONITOR

Paper/mylar track lines:

Inventory #ProjectionScaleFormSourceMap IDNumber of MapsRemarks
413MER 80MYLARORIGNOS#13278 BASE (POSTCRU)
425MER 80PAPERORIGWEST RI SOUND, BASE NOS#13218
579MER 80MYLARORIGOVERLAY ON NOS#13218

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #LinesFolderStart TimeEnd TimeProfile TypeRemarks
013021 00109:20 07/10/198011:11 07/10/1980 SSS-
013022 00111:15 07/10/198012:35 07/10/1980 SSS-
013022 00112:50 07/10/198013:50 07/10/1980 SSS-
013021A 00112:14 07/09/198014:53 07/09/1980 SSS-
013022A 00114:53 07/09/198015:35 07/09/1980 SSS-
013023A 00115:35 07/09/198016:13 07/09/1980 SSS-
013023 00113:51 07/10/198016:48 07/10/1980 SSS-
013035A 00210:08 07/12/198012:27 07/12/1980 SSS-
013034 00211:07 07/11/198013:35 07/11/1980 SSS-
013035 00213:35 07/11/198014:10 07/11/1980 SSS-
013036 00212:27 07/12/198014:35 07/12/1980 SSS-
013037 00214:43 07/12/198014:50 07/12/1980 SSS-
013035 00214:10 07/11/198015:53 07/11/1980 SSS-
013048 00307:34 07/13/198010:07 07/13/1980 SSS-
0130412 00308:22 07/14/198010:15 07/14/1980 SSS-
013047 00310:15 07/14/198011:55 07/14/1980 SSS-
013049 00310:07 07/13/198012:39 07/13/1980 SSS-
0130410 00312:39 07/13/198014:55 07/13/1980 SSS-
0130410 00315:00 07/13/198015:08 07/13/1980 SSS-
0130411 00315:08 07/13/198017:27 07/13/1980 SSS-
0130513 00411:55 07/14/198013:36 07/14/1980 SSS-
0130514 00413:36 07/14/198015:07 07/14/1980 SSS-
0130515 00415:07 07/14/198015:54 07/14/1980 SSS-
013057A 00415:54 07/14/198016:45 07/14/1980 SSS-
013068A 00509:54 07/15/198010:36 07/15/1980 SSS-
013064A 00510:40 07/15/198010:47 07/15/1980 SSS-
013069A 00510:47 07/15/198011:16 07/15/1980 SSS-
013062A 00511:16 07/15/198011:32 07/15/1980 SSS-
013064A 00514:55 07/15/198015:25 07/15/1980 SSS-
013066A 00515:28 07/15/198016:15 07/15/1980 SSS-
013071 00109:26 07/10/198011:11 07/10/1980 UNI- MASTER
013072 00111:11 07/10/198013:51 07/10/1980 UNI- MASTER
013071A 00112:13 07/09/198014:53 07/09/1980 UNI- MASTER
013072A 00114:53 07/09/198015:35 07/09/1980 UNI- MASTER
013073 00113:51 07/10/198015:35 07/10/1980 UNI- MASTER
013073A 00115:35 07/09/198016:13 07/09/1980 UNI- MASTER
013073 00115:45 07/10/198016:48 07/10/1980 UNI- MASTER
013085A 00210:08 07/12/198012:27 07/12/1980 UNI- MASTER
013084 00211:07 07/11/198013:35 07/11/1980 UNI- MASTER
013086 00212:27 07/12/198014:43 07/12/1980 UNI- MASTER
013087 00214:43 07/12/198014:50 07/12/1980 UNI- MASTER
013084A 00214:50 07/12/198015:28 07/12/1980 UNI- MASTER
013085 00213:35 07/11/198015:53 07/11/1980 UNI- MASTER
013086A 00215:28 07/12/198016:15 07/12/1980 UNI- MASTER
013098 00307:34 07/13/198010:07 07/13/1980 UNI- MASTER
013099 00310:07 07/13/198012:39 07/13/1980 UNI- MASTER
0130910 00312:39 07/13/198015:08 07/13/1980 UNI- MASTER
0130911 00315:08 07/13/198017:27 07/13/1980 UNI- MASTER
0131012 00415:08 07/14/198010:15 07/14/1980 UNI- MASTER
013107 00410:15 07/14/198010:40 07/14/1980 UNI- MASTER
013107 00410:43 07/14/198011:55 07/14/1980 UNI- MASTER
0131013 00411:55 07/14/198013:36 07/14/1980 UNI- MASTER
0131014 00413:36 07/14/198015:07 07/14/1980 UNI- MASTER
0131015 00415:07 07/14/198015:54 07/14/1980 UNI- MASTER
013107A 00415:54 07/14/198016:45 07/14/1980 UNI- MASTER
013118A 00509:50 07/15/198010:36 07/15/1980 UNI- MASTER
013114A 00510:36 07/15/198010:47 07/15/1980 UNI- MASTER
013119A 00510:47 07/15/198011:15 07/15/1980 UNI- MASTER
013112A 00511:16 07/15/198011:32 07/15/1980 UNI- MASTER
013121 00609:30 07/10/198011:11 07/10/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013122 00611:11 07/10/198013:51 07/10/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013123 00613:51 07/10/198014:15 07/10/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013121A 00612:36 07/09/198014:53 07/09/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013122A 00614:53 07/09/198015:35 07/09/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013123A 00615:35 07/09/198016:13 07/09/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013123 00614:20 07/10/198016:48 07/10/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013135A 00710:10 07/12/198012:27 07/12/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013134 00711:07 07/11/198013:35 07/11/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013136 00712:27 07/12/198014:43 07/12/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013137 00714:43 07/12/198014:50 07/12/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013134A 00714:50 07/12/198015:28 07/12/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013135 00713:35 07/11/198015:53 07/11/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013136A 00715:28 07/12/198016:15 07/12/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013148 00807:40 07/13/198010:07 07/13/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013149 00810:07 07/13/198012:39 07/13/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0131410 00812:39 07/13/198015:08 07/13/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0131411 00815:08 07/13/198017:27 07/13/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0131512 00908:22 07/14/198010:15 07/14/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013157 00910:15 07/14/198011:55 07/14/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0131513 00911:55 07/14/198013:36 07/14/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0131514 00913:36 07/14/198015:07 07/14/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0131515 00915:07 07/14/198015:15 07/14/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0131515 00915:24 07/14/198015:54 07/14/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013157A 00915:54 07/14/198016:45 07/14/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013168A 01009:54 07/15/198010:36 07/15/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013164A 01010:36 07/15/198010:47 07/15/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013169A 01010:47 07/15/198011:16 07/15/1980 UNI- SLAVE
013162A 01011:16 07/15/198011:32 07/15/1980 UNI- SLAVE
0139815 00207:51 10/01/198008:21 10/01/1980 UNI-
0139819 00208:21 10/01/198009:26 10/01/1980 UNI-
0139819 00207:55 10/02/198010:31 10/02/1980 UNI-
0139817 00209:15 09/30/198011:22 09/30/1980 UNI-
013981 00212:35 10/02/198012:53 10/02/1980 UNI-
0139818 00211:22 09/30/198013:37 09/30/1980 UNI-
0139816 00212:55 09/29/198013:52 09/29/1980 UNI-
0139815 00212:53 10/02/198014:21 10/02/1980 UNI-
013993A 00113:52 09/29/198014:16 09/29/1980 UNI-
013992A 00114:16 09/29/198014:33 09/29/1980 UNI-
0139910A 00114:33 09/29/198015:09 09/29/1980 UNI-
013994A 00115:09 09/29/198015:22 09/29/1980 UNI-
0139911A 00115:22 09/29/198016:00 09/29/1980 UNI-
013993A 00116:00 09/29/198016:12 09/29/1980 UNI-
0140015 00207:51 10/01/198008:21 10/01/1980 SSS-
0140019 00208:21 10/01/198009:15 10/01/1980 SSS-
0140017 00209:15 09/30/198011:22 09/30/1980 SSS-
014001 00212:35 10/02/198012:53 10/02/1980 SSS-
0140018 00211:22 09/30/198013:37 09/30/1980 SSS-
0140016 00212:55 09/29/198013:52 09/29/1980 SSS-
0140015 00212:53 10/01/198014:21 10/01/1980 SSS- 
0140110A 00114:33 09/29/198015:09 09/29/1980 SSS-
014014A 00115:09 09/29/198015:22 09/29/1980 SSS-
0140111A 00115:22 09/29/198015:49 09/29/1980 SSS-
0140111A 00115:50 09/29/198015:59 09/29/1980 SSS-
014013A 00115:59 09/29/198016:12 09/29/1980 SSS-
014012A 00114:17 09/29/198014:33 09/29/1980 SSS-

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
101345373USGS-WHFCSEISCAB
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