Other ID: 702-84 (83-1)
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Ronald C. Circe, Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: 1. Survey and sample shelf edge calcareous prominences along the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to study the structure, geology, and paleoenvironments of these reefs; 2. study the sedimentation on the rise seaward of the West Florida Escarpment; and 3. study the distribution of phosphate and manganese crusts on the West Florida Slope and Escarpment.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
End Port/Location: Tampa, FL
Start Date: 1983-10-16
End Date: 1983-11-05
Equipment Used: Piston corer, Grab sampler, Dredge, Benthos model 372 camera and strobe, Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Navidyne ESC-7000, Sparker , Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived: Morphology; Samples and chemical analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grab samples: 33; Dredge samples: 3; Photo stations: 11; Piston cores: 5; Pavement (hardrock) cores: 6; 3.5 kHz profiles: 450 km; 30 kJ sparker profiles: 450 km.
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Candy Bostwick, Ronald C. Circe, Robert F. Commeau, Alfred Dahl, John C., Jr. Hampson, C. Wesley Lombard, Lawrence Poppe
Affiliate Staff:
Heidi Meir; Greg Magnus - Delaware Geological Survey; Charles Paull - Scripps; Juan Trias - USGS-San Juan
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dann Blackwood, Ronald Circe, Robert Commeau, Albert Bud Dahl, John Hampson, Candy Lane, Wesley Lombard, Heidi Meir, Lawrence Poppe.
Project = Shelf-edge reef study, Shelf-edge reef study
Information from Foghorn: Benthos grab sampler;Rock dredge;Benthos camera and strobe unit;Piston corer;T1 Silent 700 for data recording (w/ Navidyne ESC-7000) ;EPSCO C-PLOT plotter for ship s station positioning;
Location:
West Florida Escarpment and slope, Mississippi Canyon Reef, Hoffa Reef, Mid-Canyon Pinnacle, Desoto Canyon Reef, Mobile Pinnacle, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29.54278 | South: 25.95833 | West: -90.0167 | East: -84.63611 |
Platform(s):
Lynch |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel list, equipment list, data acquisition and equipment notes, dredge stations, grab stations, camera stations, core locations, and seismic line locations. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Piston corer | --- | Geology | |
Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
Dredge | --- | Biology Geology | |
Benthos model 372 camera and strobe | --- | Photo | |
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | --- | Navigation | 1983-010-FA-LN-001 (Digital tapes of NV data: inv. # 2869 thru 2874, 2935 thru 2938, and 3776.) |
Navidyne ESC-7000 | --- | Navigation | |
Sparker | --- | Sparker | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1983-010-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) 1983-010-FA-SE-003 (analog tape of seismic data) 1983-010-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 12K) for lines ) |