AST81-2 CRUISE REPORT
| CRUISE SERIAL NUMBER: |
81032 |
| Alternate Leg or Cruise Number: |
81-2 |
| Platform: |
R/V ASTERIAS |
| Submersible (if any): |
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| Owner-Operator: |
Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution (WHOI) |
| Captain: |
Arthur D. Colburn, WHOI |
Center Principal and Affiliate Principal:
(if any) |
Sally Wood Needell
Ralph Lewis - CT DEP |
| Area of Operations: |
Block Island Sound |
| Bounding Coordinates: |
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| North: |
41.3 |
| South: |
41.0 |
| West: |
-72.25 |
| East: |
-71.5 |
| Start and End Dates: |
Sept 10, 1981 to Sep 18, 1981 |
| Start and End Ports: |
from Woods Hole, MA to Woods Hole,
MA |
| Number of Days at Sea: |
9 |
| Cruise Objectives: |
- Define geology and shallow structure of Block Island Sound and eastern Long Island
Sound
- Determine geologic framework and Quaternary development of Block Island Sound;
- Identify and map potential geologic hazards
- Complement similar study in Rhode Island Sound
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| Scientific Party (USGS): |
Sally Needell - Chief Scientist
Frank Jennings - Electronics Tech. |
| Scientific Party (affiliate): |
Ralph Lewis - CT DEP, geologist |
| Scientific Equipment: |
- EG&G Uniboom seismic profiling system (EPC graphic
recorder)
- EDO Western sidescan sonar system (EDO graphic recorder)
- Northstar 6000 Loran-C Navigator and repeater
- Texas Instruments Silent 700 ASP terminal (navigation log)
- EG&G hydrophone streamer
- Hewlett-Packard Instrumentation recorder (Uniboom only)
- Teledyne Exploration high resolution amplifier.
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| Navigation techniques used: |
Loran-C |
| Cruise Funding Source: |
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| Project Title: |
New England Coastal Geology |
| Contract: |
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| Remarks: |
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| Tabulated Information: |
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| Days at Sea: |
9 |
| Continuous Data (in Km): |
702 |
| Number of Stations Occupied: |
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| Number of Submersible Dives: |
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| Station Descriptions: |
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| Track Plot: |
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| Related Web Sites: |
Long Island Sound Studies
Long Island Sound Interactive Mapping |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
Cruise
Report
