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Field Activity Details for field activity 1982-039-FA

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Other ID: LACOSS II 12/82

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John West

Affiliate Investigator(s): John Suter - Louisiana St. Univ.

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution seismic profiling along Isles Dernieres and Grand Isle to map geology and survey sand resources for Louisiana Geological Survey.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA

End Port/Location: Grand Isle, LA

Start Date: 1982-12-05

End Date: 1982-12-17

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone, Boomer

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Original ORE boomer records in USGS-St. Petersburg, FL center. ORE Boomer: 480 km (Lines R1-R3, D4-D42, G1-G20).

Staff: John West

Affiliate Staff:
Doug Owen - Geologist
Minerals Management Service; Shea Penland - Geologist
Louisiana Geological Survey; John Suter - Geologist
Louisiana State University; Wilton Delaum - Deckhand
LUMCON

Notes: Original Center People field contained: John West - ET, USGS-Corpus Christi/Minerals Management Service.
Project = Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey, Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey

Location:

Louisiana Shelf, Isles Dernieres, Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 29.31540748 South: 28.95982165 West: -91.00769338 East: -89.69905807

Platform(s):

photo of R J Russell
R J Russell

Publications

Portals/Viewers

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 and data acquired. Also includes NOAA cruise inventory sheets.
Geophysics log Boomer Watchstander's seismic log describing ORE boomer, NorthStar 6000 Loran and Morrow Plot, equipment settings, starts and ends of lines, tapes, equipment performance, data acquisition notes.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
1982-039-FA-LN-001-01 (Navigation File (1 of 2 txt files) Rescued navigation file from 5-minute-fix plot file with latitude, longitude and time annotation; Dec. 5, 1900, 1982 - Dec. 9, 2010, 1982.)
1982-039-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, )
1982-039-FA-LN-001-02 (Navigation file (2 of 2 txt files) Rescued navigation file from 5-minute-fix plot file with latitude, longitude and time annotation; Dec. 12, 1300, 1982 - Dec. 17, 1217, 1982.)
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1982-039-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data)
1982-039-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines )
Boomer --- Boomer

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