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Field Activity Details for field activity 1981-008-FA

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Other ID: 81-G-6-2; 81-G-5

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald J. Miller

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Environmental Data: Current, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect high-resolution seismics to produce a hazard map and geologic interpretation of study area.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX

End Port/Location: Galveston, TX

Start Date: 1981-04-18

End Date: 1981-04-28

Equipment Used: 3.5 kHz, Air gun, 12 kHz, Sparker , Marine magnetometer, Gravity meter (wh), Current Drift Bottle, Integrated Navigation System, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: There were 1500 km of good quality high-resolution seismics and sidescan sonar, 46 grab samples, 40 drift bottle stations, and 75 km of magnetics and gravity.

Staff: James E. Dodd, Barry Irwin, David Mason, David Nichols, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Corpus Christi: Ron Miller - Co-Ch. Sci.
Jack Kindinger
Linda Massingill - Geol.
Ronnie Wells - Geol.
Betty Reed - Typist
Chuck Stelting - Phy. Sci. Tech.
Doug Owens - Phys. Sci. Tech.

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Barry Irwin - Nav., Jim Dodd - Nav., David Mason - Elec. Tech., Kenneth Parolski - Elec. Tech., Dave Nichols - Elec. Tech.
Project = Louisiana-Mississippi OCS, Louisiana-Mississippi OCS

Location:

Mississippi shelf, Louisiana shelf, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.2 South: 28.95 West: -89 East: -88.3

Platform(s):

photo of Gyre
Gyre

Publications

Kindinger, J.L., Miller, R.J., Stelting, C.E., and Bouma, A.H., 1982, Depositional history of Louisiana-Mississippi outer continental shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1077, 59 p., available online https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr821077.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Brief chief scientist's cruise report including personnel list, equipment and a few comments. Also contains the NOAA general cruise inventory sheets.
Navigation log Integrated Navigation System Integrated Navigation System logbook for Legs 1 and 2 (81007 and 81008) containing day and time, line number, course, speed, latitude, and longitude with irregular fixes and data acquisition notes.
Geophysics log Single channel hydrophone Seismic log containing line numbers, start and end times, sparker, 3.5 kHz, 12 kHz and airgun configuration and performance.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Air gun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
12 kHz --- Single Beam
Sparker --- Sparker
Marine magnetometer --- Magnetics
Gravity meter (wh) --- Gravity
1981-008-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-INS, NV,GR, )
Current Drift Bottle --- Current
Integrated Navigation System --- Navigation
1981-008-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-INS, NV,GR, )
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1981-008-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data)

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