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Summary for Field Activity Number 79015

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Alternate Leg ID: 7903-4

Area of Operations: Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic

Dates: June 27, 1979 to July 11, 1979

Chief scientist: James M. Robb
   

Objectives: High-resolution seismic profiling of continental slope to study potential geologic hazards to exploration and development--specifically bottom instability due to slumping or sliding.

Type of Activity: Seismic profiling
Geophysical survey

Information to be derived: Sea Floor Map
Morphology

Summary: Airgun (40 cu in):1555km; Minisparker:1750km; 3.5kHz:1780km; Sidescan:70 km; Deep hydrophone:105km; Gravity:2565km; Magnetics(total field):1520;

USGS Project Number:

Contact: James M. Robb (jrobb@usgs.gov)

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
photo of GILLISS, JAMES M
GILLISS, JAMES M
Related Resources: Station Descriptions Seismic Line DescriptionsTrack PlotRelated Web Site

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

Comprehensive listing of data items by form:

Inventory #Data TypeFormFormatAmountSourceNatureRemarks
100368BINDERTABLE1CURATORINVENTORY
100373LOGBOOKTABLE1TECHMONITORPART B
100374LOGBOOKTABLE1TECHMONITORINS & NSTAR #100642 A COPY OF ORIG
100599LOGBOOKMIXED1TECHMONITORPART A
100600ENVELOPEPRNTOUT1L&RDIGITAL
100601ENVELOPEPRNTOUT1BELLMONITORSEE BB FOR BACKUP TAPES
100602-100603ENVELOPEPROFILE2L&RANALOG
100604ENVELOPEPROFILE1L&RANALOG
100605ENVELOPEPRNTOUT1HP 9825DIGITAL
100606ENVELOPEPROFILE1GYROSCOPEANALOG
100608ENVELOPETRACES1GYROSCOPEANALOG
100609-100610PAPER ROLLPROFILE2MAGNETOMANALOG
100611BINDER-OPPRNTOUT1INS-TTYMONITOR
100612BINDER-OPPRNTOUT1INS-TTYVELOCITY
100615ENVELOPEPRNTOUT1LORAN CMONITOR
100639ENVELOPEPROFILE1BELL/L&RCALIBRATIONBCR DEPART-ARRIVAL
100642LOGBOOKTABLE1TECHMONITORCOPY OF ORIG
C 1951-C 1957CASSETTENSTAR7NSTARDIGITAL
FD1046FOLDERPROFILE1MIXEDANALOGDEEP PHONE,MSP,3.5K,AIRGUN
FD1047-FD1060FOLDERPROFILE13MSPANALOG
FD1061-FD1077FOLDERPROFILE173.5KANALOG
FD1078-FD1081*FOLDERPROFILE11AIRANALOG*FD1084-FD1090
SA0467-SA0490MAGTAPE7-TRACK24RECORDERANALOG
T 1932,T 2040MAGTAPEBCD2L&RDIGITAL
T 1943MAGTAPENSTAR1COMPDIGITAL
T 1946-T 1950MAGTAPEDRD5INSDIGITAL
T 1969-T 1971MAGTAPEDRD5INSDIGITAL
T 1980-T 1981MAGTAPEDRD2INSDIGITALCOPY-B IRWIN HAS ORIG
TK0326-TK0329TRKCHTMAP4TECHORIG
TK0330,TK0336TRKCHTMAP2COMPPLOT
TK0367TRKCHTMAP2COMPPLOT
TK0423TRKCHTMAP1COMPORIG*INC-ISLN 79-1
FD1082-FD1083FOLDERPROFILE2SSSANALOG
T 3919MAGTAPESEAG21COMPUTERDIGITAL79013

Paper/mylar track lines:

Inventory #ProjectionScaleFormSourceMap IDNumber of MapsRemarks
326MER 400MYLARORIGINS WSTDR OVERLAY NOS#12300 PARTIAL
327UTM 730MYLARORIGBRIDGE WATCH-SHIPOFF
328UTM 730PAPERORIGSEISMIC-WSTDR
329UTM 730MYLARORIGINS-PLOT-WSTDR
330 ?LARGEPAPERPLOTNO GRID-INS
336UTM 250PAPERPLOT(POSTCRU)
367UTM 165MYLARPLOT
423UTM 75MYLARORIG*ISLN 78-7-1

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #LinesFolderStart TimeEnd TimeProfile TypeRemarks
0104684 00120:30 07/04/197905:30 07/05/1979 *- EXPERIMENT*DEEP PHONE/SPARKER/3.5/AIR
01047107DH-109DH 00220:00 07/08/197904:41 07/09/1979 MSP-
01047109DH-110 00204:50 07/09/197912:20 07/09/1979 MSP-
0104851-53A 00107:30 06/28/197900:02 06/29/1979 MSP-
0104954-58 00200:02 06/29/197912:25 06/29/1979 MSP-
0104958A-59 00212:35 06/29/197915:42 06/29/1979 MSP-
0105060-67 00315:42 06/29/197914:32 06/30/1979 MSP-
0105168-73A 00414:35 06/30/197919:33 07/01/1979 MSP-
0105274-77A 00519:33 07/01/197913:38 07/02/1979 MSP-
0105378-79 00613:38 07/02/197900:05 07/03/1979 MSP-
0105380-83 00600:08 07/03/197913:15 07/03/1979 MSP-
0105484-90 00723:38 07/05/197900:48 07/06/1979 MSP-
0105590A-94A 00800:48 07/06/197919:00 07/06/1979 MSP-
0105695-98 00919:00 07/06/197911:42 07/07/1979 MSP-
0105799-104 01011:42 07/07/197910:00 07/08/1979 MSP-
01057104-106 01010:18 07/08/197919:01 07/08/1979 MSP-
01058107DH-109DH 01119:05 07/08/197911:27 07/09/1979 MSP-
01059110A-112 01214:00 07/09/197900:33 07/10/1979 MSP-
01059110 01211:27 07/09/197913:53 07/09/1979 MSP-
01060113-115 01300:33 07/10/197913:43 07/10/1979 MSP-
0106151-51A 00104:30 06/28/197916:26 06/28/1979 3.5K- INCLUDES PREPARATION RUN
0106252-54 00216:26 06/28/197901:40 06/29/1979 3.5K-
0106255 00201:40 06/29/197903:40 06/29/1979 3.5K-
0106356-57 00303:40 06/29/197908:59 06/29/1979 3.5K-
0106358-59 00309:30 06/29/197915:42 06/29/1979 3.5K-
0106460-64A 00415:42 06/29/197904:05 06/30/1979 3.5K-
0106565-68B 00504:05 06/30/197920:39 06/30/1979 3.5K-
0106669-73 00620:39 06/30/197919:25 07/01/1979 3.5K-
0106774-77 00719:33 07/01/197913:38 07/02/1979 3.5K-
0106878-79 00813:38 07/02/197900:05 07/03/1979 3.5K-
0106880-83 00800:08 07/03/197913:14 07/03/1979 3.5K-
01069SS3-SS5 00913:20 07/04/197920:03 07/04/1979 3.5K- COINCIDENT WITH SIDE SCAN OPERATION
0107085-90A 01006:30 07/05/197901:07 07/06/1979 3.5K-
0107191-93A 01101:07 07/06/197914:27 07/06/1979 3.5K-
0107294-97A 01214:27 07/06/197907:02 07/07/1979 3.5K-
0107398-102A 01307:02 07/07/197905:12 07/08/1979 3.5K-
01074103-106 01405:12 07/08/197919:01 07/08/1979 3.5K-
01075107DH-109DH 01519:01 07/09/197911:27 07/09/1979 3.5K-
01076109-112 01611:27 07/09/197900:33 07/10/1979 3.5K-
01077113-115 01700:33 07/10/197912:00 07/10/1979 3.5K-
01077115 01712:01 07/10/197914:00 07/10/1979 3.5K-
0107851-63 00108:43 06/28/197900:25 06/30/1979 AIR-
0107964-73 00200:25 06/30/197919:25 07/01/1979 AIR-
0108074-79 00319:33 07/01/197900:05 07/03/1979 AIR-
0108085-90A 00307:35 07/05/197901:05 07/06/1979 AIR-
0108080-83 00300:08 07/03/197913:00 07/03/1979 AIR-
01081110A-115 00413:53 07/09/197913:43 07/10/1979 AIR-
0108191-99 00401:05 07/06/197917:11 07/07/1979 AIR-
01081100-106 00417:11 07/07/197919:01 07/08/1979 AIR-
01082SSTEST-SS4 00108:00 07/03/197904:45 07/04/1979 SSS-
01083SS4 00205:00 07/04/197919:40 07/04/1979 SSS-
0108451-66A 00110:45 06/28/197909:06 06/30/1979 AIR-
0108567-71 00209:06 06/30/197910:56 07/01/1979 AIR-
01086 00310:56 07/01/197913:38 07/02/1979 AIR-
0108778-87 00413:38 07/02/197912:47 07/05/1979 AIR-
0108772-77A 00310:56 07/01/197913:38 07/02/1979 AIR-
0108888-92 00512:47 07/05/197909:58 07/06/1979 AIR-
0108993-106 00609:58 07/06/197919:01 07/06/1979 AIR-
01090110-115 00713:10 07/09/197913:45 07/10/1979 AIR-

Seismic/sidescan paper records archived on 35mm film:

These items are at the WHOI data library in the film vault.
DatesContentMCLN #Remarks
19790627-197907113.5,MSP,SSS,AIR,12348 89

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