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Summary for Field Activity Number 87010

Alternate Leg ID: FRNL FA 87-3; Leg 3

Area of Operations: Hudson Canyon, New England continental slope and rise, New England Sea Mounts, New York, Massachusetts, United States EEZ, Nova Scotia Rise, Canada, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: Mar 28, 1987 to April 25, 1987

Chief scientist: Dennis OLeary, John Hughes-Clark - CGS
   Eric Darlington - IOS, UK

Objectives: To obtain complete GLORIA long-range sidescan sonar image coverage within the area of operations as well as ancilliary seismic reflection profile data and magnetometer profile data. Pursuant to Project Implementation Plan no. 7, Annex 8, between USGS and National Environment Research Council (NERC) of the U.K.

Type of Activity: Seismic profiling
Seafloor mapping

Information to be derived: Sea Floor Map
Morphology

Summary: GLORIA Sidescan sonar: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); Airgun: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); 3.5 kHz: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); 10 kHz: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km); XBT: 27 total; Magnetics: 10,042 km total (U.S. EEZ: 6882 km; Canada Rise: 3160 km).

USGS Project Number:

Contact: Dennis OLeary (dwoleary@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier F-3-87-NE. Visit this site for more information.

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
photo of FARNELLA
FARNELLA

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

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #Data TypeFormFormatAmountSourceNatureRemarks
104476BINDERTABLE1CURATORINVENTORY
104477WALLETPHOTO1CAMERAGLORIAORIGINAL & SPARES
104478NOTEBOOKTEXT1CHIEF SCILOG
104479NOTEBOOKTABLE1WATCHSTANDERLOGFISH TEMPERATURE LOG
104480BINDERTABLE1GLORIATAPE LOG**IOS WATCHSTANDER LOG
104481BINDERLOG1WATCHSTANDER*GPHY LOG*ALSO MASSCOMP ERROR LOG
104482BINDERLOG1WATCHSTANDERMEGAPULSE
104483BINDERGRAPH1SEAS COMPUTERXBTDROPS 48-74
104484BINDERTABLE1MEGAPULSEMONITOR
104485-104495SACKGRAPH11MAGNETOMETERSTRIPCHART
FD4220-FD4221FOLDERPROFILE2GLORIAANALOG
FD4222-FD4230FOLDERPROFILE93.5KANALOG
FD4231-FD4238FOLDERPROFILE8AIR 15/300ANALOGLSR RECORDER
FD4239-FD4242FOLDERPROFILE4AIR 75/150ANALOGEPC RECORDER
FD4243-FD4251FOLDERPROFILE910KANALOG
FF0071FLOPPYDISKDIGITAL1SEAS COMPUTERXBT
T 3405A-T 3410BMAGTAPEGLORIA12COMPUTERDIGITALRAW GLORIA
T 3411A-T 3411BMAGTAPE9-TRACK2COMPUTERDIGITALNV-BTHY-MAG
T 3412-T 3471MAGTAPE9-TRACK60COMPUTERDIGITALMASSCOMP
T 3578-T 3587MAGTAPE9-TRACK10MIPSDIGITALPROCESSED GLORIA
TK0660TRKCHTMAP1COMPUTERPLOT
TK0662TRKCHTMAP1COMPUTERPLOTLEGS 1-5

Paper/mylar track lines:

Inventory #ProjectionScaleFormSourceMap IDNumber of MapsRemarks
660??? 1000PAPERPLOTGLORIA TRACKLINES INCLDING CANADIAN LINES
662AEA 2000MYLARPLOTALL 87004,87008,87015,87018LEGS, PARTIAL CANADA(3),BAHAMAS(5)

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #LinesFolderStart TimeEnd TimeProfile TypeRemarks
042201-21 00107:30 03/29/198715:00 04/20/1987 SSS- GLORIA MONITOR
0422122-28 00217:00 04/20/198720:00 04/24/1987 SSS- GLORIA MONITOR
042221, 1A 00107:48 03/29/198702:00 03/31/1987 3.5K-
042232 00202:15 03/31/198719:43 04/01/1987 3.5K-
042243 00319:48 04/01/198704:46 04/03/1987 3.5K-
042254-8 00400:38 04/11/198706:36 04/13/1987 3.5K-
042269-13 00506:44 04/13/198721:00 04/15/1987 3.5K-
0422714-18 00621:25 04/15/198716:04 04/18/1987 3.5K-
0422819-22 00716:10 04/18/198704:30 04/21/1987 3.5K-
0422922-23 00805:00 04/21/198706:17 04/22/1987 3.5K-
0423024-29 00906:25 04/22/198720:00 04/24/1987 3.5K-
042311 00108:07 03/29/198702:00 03/31/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
042322 00202:05 03/31/198719:43 04/01/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
042333 00319:50 04/01/198704:46 04/03/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
042344-8 00401:00 04/11/198706:36 04/13/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
042359-13 00506:44 04/13/198721:00 04/15/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
0423614-20 00622:30 04/15/198700:32 04/20/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
0423721-24 00701:30 04/20/198723:50 04/22/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
0423825-29 00800:12 04/23/198720:00 04/24/1987 AIR- FILTER 15/300
042391-3 00108:28 03/29/198704:47 04/03/1987 AIR- FILTER 75/150
042404-8 00201:12 04/11/198706:36 04/13/1987 AIR- FILTER 75/150
042419-17 00306:46 04/13/198714:15 04/17/1987 AIR- FILTER 75/150
0424217-29 00414:28 04/17/198720:00 04/24/1987 AIR- FILTER 75/150
042431 00106:48 03/29/198702:00 03/31/1987 10K-
042442 00202:02 03/31/198719:48 04/01/1987 10K-
042453 00319:48 04/01/198704:48 04/03/1987 10K-
042464-8 00401:02 04/11/198706:36 04/13/1987 10K-
042479-12 00506:44 04/13/198707:25 04/15/1987 10K-
0424813-16 00607:26 04/15/198707:32 04/17/1987 10K-
0424917-20 00707:30 04/17/198713:42 04/19/1987 10K-
0425020-23 00813:48 04/19/198723:31 04/21/1987 10K-
0425124-29 00923:36 04/21/198720:00 04/24/1987 10K-

Data and publications on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM:

Inventory ## per setData TypeContentsAuthorYearReport #FormatTitleRemarks
157001/01SSSGLORIA ATLANTIC GEOTIFFPASKEVICH VF20030604INTERNAL ARCHIVE ARCHIVE GLORIA GEOTIFF IMAGES US EAST COAST, GULF MEXICO, CAYMAN ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO AREAS
157401/01SSSGLORIA US EAST COAST GEOTIFFPASKEVICH VF20030605INTERNAL ARCHIVE ARCHIVE GLORIA GEOTIFF IMAGES US EAST COAST
027701/02SSS BATHYGLORIA IMAGES19GLORIA EAST COAST DISK A*87004, 87008, 87015, 87018
027802/02SSS BATHYGLORIA IMAGES19GLORIA EAST COAST DISK B*87004, 87008, 87015, 87018
016601/01GEOLGLORIA MOSAICS, GEO MAPSTWICHELL, POLLONI, AMBROZIAK, COOK1993DDS-0015CD-ROM ATLAS DEEPWATER US EEZ ATLANTIC, GULF MEXICO, EASTERN CARIBBEAN*82005,85027,85028,85034,85039,87004,87008,87015,
020501/01SSS NAVFIELD GLORIA NAVTWICHELL D, PASKEVICH V, DELOREY C1998OF98-0619GLORIA SIDESCAN SONAR FIELD DATA NAVIGATION PR 1985 EASTERN US 1987*87-1, 87-2, 87-3, 87-4, 87-5
007901/02SSSGLORIA/MOSAIC 1-10;TIF,*PASKEVICH V1995DIGITAL MOSAICS OF THE GLORIA SIDESCAN SONAR DATA OF THE U.S. ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN E.E.Z., 1987*GIF, RAW
008002/02SSSGLORIA/MOSAIC 11-23;TIF,*PASKEVICH V1995DIGITAL MOSAICS OF THE GLORIA SIDESCAN SONAR DATA OF THE U.S. ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN E.E.Z., 1987*GIF, RAW
015501/02SSSGLORIA MOSAICS 1-10PASKEVICH1997OF97-0853DIGITAL MOSAICS GLORIA SIDESCAN SONAR DATA US ATLANTIC EAST COAST5 COPIES
015602/02SSSGLORIA MOSAICS 11-21PASKEVICH1997OF97-0853DIGITAL MOSAICS GLORIA SIDESCAN SONAR DATA US ATLANTIC EAST COAST5 COPIES
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