USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Geology Science Center, MA Field Activity Page for 82021

Summary for Field Activity Number 82021

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Alternate Leg ID: 82-5

Area of Operations: New Hampshire Continental Shelf, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Newburyport, Massachusetts, Gulf of Maine, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: July 7, 1982 to July 19, 1982

Chief scientist: Jack Connell
Francis S. (Frank) Birch, Associate Professor, U. of New Hampshire

Objectives: Map bedrock, glacial sediments, and post-glacial sediments on the continental shelf between Portsmouth, NH and Newburyport, MA out to the 100 m contour.

Type of Activity: Seafloor mapping

Information to be derived: Sea Floor Map

Summary: Uniboom data: 600 km; Magnetics: 600 km.

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Jack Connell ()

InfoBank: uses the identifier N-5-82-NH. Visit this site for more information.

Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:

NEECHO

Related Resources:	Station Descriptions	Seismic Line Descriptions	Track Plot	Related Web Site

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

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #	Data Type	Form	Format	Amount	Source	Nature	Remarks
FD1608-FD1612		FOLDER	PROFILE	5	UNIBOOM	ANALOG
TK0483-TK0484		TRKCHT	MAP	2	COMP	PLOT	*+NECH 81-3 COMPOSITE #81018

Paper/mylar track lines:

Inventory #	Projection	Scale	Form	Source	Map ID	Number of Maps	Remarks
483	?	20	PAPER	PLOT	1		EAST HALF
484	?	20	PAPER	PLOT	2		WEST HALF

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #	Folder	Start Time	End Time	Profile Type
01608	001	09:29 07/07/1982	15:54 07/07/1982	UNI-
01609	002	08:52 07/09/1982	11:53 07/11/1982	UNI-
01610	003	12:04 07/11/1982	14:28 07/14/1982	UNI-
01611	004	14:36 07/14/1982	16:12 07/16/1982	UNI-
01612	005	07:36 07/18/1982	14:05 07/19/1982	UNI-

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