Other ID: CORPUS 20/26
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Henry Berryhill
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect seismic profiles, sediment samples and gravity cores on the inner continental shelf, offshore Texas.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1974-03-04
End Date: 1974-03-08
Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Loran-C, Seismic reflection
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment Sampling; Gravity Coring; Seismic Reflection Profiles: 110 miles (177 km).
Staff: Henry Berryhill
Affiliate Staff:
Gary Hill (Sci. Tech.); Michael Dorsey (Sci. Tech.); Ralph Hunter (Geologist) PMG
Notes:
Location:
inner continental shelf, offshore Texas, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 28.25 | South: 27.9 | West: -96.8 | East: -96.25 |
Platform(s):
 Longhorn |
Berryhill, H.L., Casby, S., Hill, G., Holmes, C. W., Dorsey, M., and Harwood, R., 1975, Sediment characteristics of the inner shelf and environmental geologic map, Port Aransas area, Texas; preliminary results: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-218, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr75218.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Minimal cruise information, but does have a trackmap. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation | |
| Seismic reflection | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Sparker |
