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Research about Baltimore Canyon Trough area

Source-linked reports with geographic coverage including Baltimore Canyon Trough area.

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USGS1979

Geologic conditions in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area: A summary of USGS first year environmental studies

This report is a summary of the principal objectives, results, and conclusions of the environmental studies conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area from July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976. Environmental studies in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area were funded by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under an interagency Memorandum of Understanding (08550-MU5-33). In accordance with this Memorandum of Understanding, the USGS submitted (in April, 1977) a comprehensive Final Report to the Bureau of Land Management that set forth all the methods, techniques, equipment, analyses, and interpretations that were employed or generated in the fulfillment of the contract requirements. The present open file report is a synopsis of the twelve chapters and seven Appendices that made up the Final Report. Duplicates of illustrations and tables used in the Final Report have not been reproduced here and many references have been deleted. For illustrative material and complete reference lists, the chapters in the Final Report must be consulted. The personnel who were responsible for the individual studies during 1975-1976 under the Memorandum of Understanding and who produced the chapters and Appendices that make up the Final Report are listed in the section entitled, "Roles of Key Participants."

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USGS1978

Geologic conditions in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area: A summary of U.S.G.S. second-year environment studies

Geologic studies of the outer Continental Shelf off the Middle Atlantic States (Baltimore Canyon Trough Area) have been carried out for two years to assess conditions and hazards which might cause or distribute oil spills and other potential pollution associated with petroleum exploration and development. These detailed investigations were requested and funded by the Bureau of Land Management to carry out its responsibility under the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (67 Stat 462) of 1953 and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Because of the energy crisis, these studies had to be mounted quickly so that a substantial body of data would be available for making decisions concerning environmental constraints on potential lease tracts. Indeed, pertinent data were available prior to Lease Sale #40 in the Middle Atlantic in August 1976. This was in part due to the alacrity of BLM's Environmental Division management, and in part due to the depth of USGS' experience in the area. For example, geophysical data and bottom samples had been collected since 1962 as part of the Geological Survey's role to "conduct geological and geophysical exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf" (43 U.S.C. 1340). At the advent of the energy crisis, the Atlantic-Gulf Coast Branch focused in-house resources and environmental assessment efforts on the Middle Atlantic OCS area. Thus, considerable information was available to guide the needed detailed studies.

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