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Field Activity Details for field activity 1980-037-FA

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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
North: 29 South: 26 West: -94 East: -92

Platform(s):


Amarillo

Sea Raider

Publications

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.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
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.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
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

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