Alternate Leg ID: 81-G-13
Area of Operations: Georges Bank, Long Island shelf west of Nantucket Shoals, United States, North America, North Atlantic
Dates: August 22, 1981 to September 13, 1981
Chief scientist: Kim Klitgord, John Schlee
Objectives: Primary purpose was to survey the buried paleoshelf edge along the south side of Georges Bank using the DFS-V high-resolution multichannel seismic reflection system. The second objective was to survey the buried grabens along the north side of Georges Bank, south of Marthas Vineyard and Long Island.
Type of Activity: Seismic profiling
Information to be derived: Morphology
Summary: Gravity: 3100 km; Magnetics: 2350 km; Bathymetry: 2350 km; 3.5 kHz seismics: 2350 km; Multichannel seismics: 2350 km.
USGS Project Number:
Contact: Kim Klitgord ()
InfoBank: uses the identifier G-13-81-NE. Visit this site for more information.
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