Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Henry Berryhill
Affiliate Investigator(s): Intersea Research Corporation, contractor
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution single-channel seismic survey of the Federal Outer Continental Shelf from High Island area, off Texas to South Marsh Island area, off Louisiana.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Freeport, TX
End Port/Location: Freeport, TX
Start Date: 1980-07-02
End Date: 1980-09-30
Equipment Used: Raytheon 731 echo sounder, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, Teledyne 28420 hydrophone, Magnavox satellite positioning system, Loran-C, Teledyne single-channel 300-500J 40-tip minisparker
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Data from the fathometer, sub-bottom profiler and minisparker were recorded simultaneously over the grids: 10,090.35 km ea. (13,061 km in conjunction with FA 80038 SEA RAIDER).
Staff: Ronald J. Miller, John West
Affiliate Staff:
Intersea Research Corp.: Walter Bayer - Party Chief/Elec. Tech.
John Colton - Party Chief
Tom Harmon - Party Chief
Jose Gomez - Elec. Tech.
T.J. Burns - Elec. Tech.
Steve Joy - Operator
Jerry McNaboe - Geologist
Bill White - Tech.
Jim Windes - Tech.
Bill Lusic - Elec. Tech.
Wayne Cox - Geologist
Jeff Stewart - Geologist
Notes: This work was contracted by the USGS to Intersea Research Corporation. Post-cruise report information was derived from contractor's final report. Original Center People field contained: John West - USGS-Corpus Christi (Aug. 16-17); Ron Miller - USGS-Corpus Christi (Sep. 5-11 between AMARILLO and SEA RAIDER).
The associated contractor's report describes the ships and equipment.
Location:
High Island area, Texas, South Marsh Island area, Louisiana, federal outer continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29 | South: 26 | West: -94 | East: -92 |
Platform(s):
Amarillo | Sea Raider |
Bosse, S.T., Flocks, J.G., Forde, A.S., 2020, Archive of digitized analog boomer seismic reflection data collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico: Intersea 1980: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EFUAN3.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Contractor's report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Contractor's Report (pdf file) Intersea Research Corporation contract report to USGS-Corpus Christi, Texas, describing ship and personnel, equipment configuration, methodology, daily field log, equipment performance, data quality. The report includes information for 1980-037-FA and 1980-038-FA. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Raytheon 731 echo sounder | --- | Single Beam | |
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
Teledyne 28420 hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1980-037-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data) Intersea_ProfilesWithHeaders.zip (Printable seismic profiles with headers containing cruise, line, and scanning information) Intersea_SEGY.zip (Society of Exploration Geophysicists formatted seismic data) |
Magnavox satellite positioning system | --- | Navigation | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | Intersea_Cruisepoints.zip (Cruise shapefiles) Intersea_Navigation.zip (Cruise navigation data) |
Teledyne single-channel 300-500J 40-tip minisparker | --- | Sparker |