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Summary for Field Activity Number 81018

Alternate Leg ID: 81-3

Area of Operations: continental shelf between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Newburyport, Massachusetts, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: June 19, 1981 to June 30, 1981

Chief scientist: Ken Parolski
   Francis S. Birch, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, University of NH

Objectives: Map glacial and post-glacial sediments and bedrock.

Type of Activity: Seafloor mapping

Information to be derived: Sea Floor Map
Sidescan sonar data

Summary: Uniboom data: 480 km; Sidescan data: 325 km; Magnetics: 150 km; 3.5 kHz data: <100 km. Magnetometer and 3.5 kHz data are of very poor quality because of instrument malfunction.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Francis S. Birch ()

InfoBank: uses the identifier N-3-81-NH. 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
FD1799-FD1802FOLDERPROFILE4SSSANALOG
FD1803-FD1805FOLDERPROFILE3UNIBOOMANALOG
FD1806-FD1808FOLDERPROFILE33.5K/7K*ANALOG*SLAVE,UNI
TK0470TRKCHTMAP1COMPPLOT
TK0483-TK0484TRKCHTMAP2COMPPLOT*+NECH 82-5 COMPOSITE #82021

Paper/mylar track lines:

Inventory #ProjectionScaleFormSourceMap IDNumber of MapsRemarks
470 ? 40PAPERPLOT
483 ? 20PAPERPLOT1EAST HALF
484 ? 20PAPERPLOT2WEST HALF

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #LinesFolderStart TimeEnd TimeProfile TypeRemarks
017993-5 00108:30 06/20/198115:10 06/21/1981 SSS-
017991 00114:45 06/19/198116:00 06/19/1981 SSS-
018006,7 00207:56 06/24/198114:25 06/24/1981 SSS-
01801 00308:43 06/27/198115:20 06/27/1981 SSS-
01801 00309:22 06/26/198115:55 06/26/1981 SSS-
01802 00407:40 06/30/198113:35 06/30/1981 SSS-
01802 00407:51 06/28/198115:30 06/28/1981 SSS-
01802 00413:50 06/29/198115:30 06/29/1981 SSS-
018034,5 00108:15 06/21/198113:00 06/21/1981 UNI-
018033 00108:25 06/20/198114:35 06/20/1981 UNI-
018035 00113:05 06/21/198115:10 06/21/1981 UNI-
018031 00111:45 06/19/198116:20 06/19/1981 UNI-
01804 00209:30 06/25/198116:00 06/26/1981 UNI-
018046,7 00207:48 06/24/198116:10 06/24/1981 UNI-
01805 00307:45 06/28/198111:10 06/29/1981 UNI-
01805 00307:35 06/30/198113:35 06/30/1981 UNI-
01805 00307:55 06/27/198115:25 06/27/1981 UNI-
01805 00311:36 06/28/198115:30 06/28/1981 UNI-
01805 00309:50 06/29/198115:30 06/29/1981 UNI-
01805 00307:55 06/23/198116:05 06/23/1981 UNI-
018062,3 00108:20 06/20/198113:05 06/20/1981 3.5K- *SLAVE,UNI
01806 00109:50 06/19/198113:25 06/19/1981 3.5K- *SLAVE,UNI
018073-5 00213:35 06/20/198111:55 06/23/1981 7K*- *3.5KHZ
01808TEST 00310:40 06/29/198112:49 06/29/1981 3.5K- *7K, SLAVE,UNI
01808 00307:40 06/30/198113:35 06/30/1981 3.5K- *7K, SLAVE,UNI
01808 00313:09 06/29/198115:30 06/29/1981 3.5K- *7K, SLAVE,UNI
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