Other ID: 81-G-7-2
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Arnold H. Bouma
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect high-resolution seismics and cores for geologic interpretation of sedimentologic processes in a deep-water fan environment.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Venice, LA
End Port/Location: Gulfport, MS
Start Date: 1981-05-09
End Date: 1981-05-15
Equipment Used: Piston corer, Air gun, Sparker , Box corer, Loran-C, Magnavox satellite positioning system, Gyro compass, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Using several seismic devices, 1070 km of high-resolution seismics and bathymetry were collected over the Mississippi Fan. In addition, four piston cores, four box cores and a grab sample were collected. Navigation was from the integrated system aboard the R/V GYRE. High-resolution seismics (3.5 kHz)/bathymetry (12 kHz): 1070 km; Piston cores: 4; Box cores: 4; Grab sample: 1.
Staff: Raymond E. Hall, Barry Irwin, Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Corpus Christi: Arnold Bouma - co-Ch. Sci.
Charles Stelting - co-Ch. Sci.
Ann Martin
Cyndi Rice
George Harrison
Ronald Circe
John Benton
John West; WHOI: Beecher Wooding; U. TX-Austin: Stan Locker; Texas A&M: Billy Green
Notes: Information from Foghorn: Airguns (5 and 40 cu. in.);Minisparker;Piston corer;Box corer;
Location:
Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 28 | South: 26 | West: -90 | East: -88 |
Platform(s):
Gyre |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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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. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Piston corer | --- | Geology | |
Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
Sparker | --- | Sparker | |
Box corer | --- | Biology Geology | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1981-011-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-INS, ) |
Magnavox satellite positioning system | --- | Navigation | |
Gyro compass | --- | Navigation | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1981-011-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data) |