Other ID: 83-14
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Thomas O'Brien
Affiliate Investigator(s): Robert Mattick - USGS-Reston, VA
Information Specialist(s): Douglass Owen
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Multichannel
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Study regional geology of western Gulf of Mexico and experiment on application of two-ship (FRED MOORE) work employing expanding spreads.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX
End Port/Location: Galveston, TX
Start Date: 1983-11-03
End Date: 1983-11-20
Equipment Used: Air gun, Bell Aerospace BGM-3 gravimeter, Integrated Navigation System, Multichannel seismics
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: CDP: 970 km (15 lines: 1, 2, 2A, 3, GMT-1, GMT-3, GMT-3B, ESP2B, GMT-3C, GMT-5, ESP3, GMT-6, GMT-7, GMT-9, ESP4, GMT-9A, GMT-12, ESP5, GMT-13); 3.5 kHz near-trace A and B; Gravity.
Staff: Jack Connell, James E. Dodd, Barry Irwin, Gus Lamarre, David Nichols, Thomas O'Brien
Affiliate Staff:
Robert Mattick - USGS-Reston
VA
Ch. Sci.; John Grow - USGS-Denver
CO; Richard Wise - USGS-Denver
CO; James Leinbach - USGS-Denver
CO; F. Nicholas Zihlman - USGS-Denver
CO; William Patterson - USGS-Denver
CO; Ronald Wells - MMS
Corpus Christi
TX; Douglas Owens - data curator
MMS
Corpus Christi
TX; Per Soderberg - Sweden
University; McCowan - Gulf Oil Co.
Notes:
Location:
western Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29.5 | South: 25.45 | West: -95.5 | East: -92.8 |
Platform(s):
Gyre |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
---|---|---|
Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, and trackmaps. |
Data inventory | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Cruise Curator's inventory of field data items. |
Geophysics log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | 3.5 kHz Near-trace Monitor Log (pdf file) Near-traces A and B monitor log containing starts and ends of lines, equipment configuration and performance, data acquisition notes |
Geophysics log | Air gun | DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Line 1 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Line 1. Includes ship configuration. |
Geophysics log | Air gun | DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines 2 and 2A (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Lines 2 and 2A. Includes ship configuration. |
Geophysics log | Air gun | DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Line 3 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Line 3. Includes ship configuration. |
Geophysics log | Air gun | DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Line GMT-1 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Line GMT-1. Includes ship configuration. |
Geophysics log | Air gun | DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines GMT-3, ESP2B, (GMT-3B?) and GMT-3C (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Lines GMT-3, ESP2B, and GMT-3C. |
Geophysics log | Air gun | DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines GMT-5, ESP3, GMT-6, GMT-7, GMT-9, GMT-9A, and ESP4 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Lines GMT-5, ESP3, GMT-6, GMT-7, GMT-9, GMT-9A, and ESP4. |
Geophysics log | Air gun | DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines GMT-12, ESP5, and GMT-13 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for lines GMT-12, ESP5, and GMT-13. Includes ship configuration. |
Navigation log | Integrated Navigation System | Handwritten navigation Log (pdf file) INS navigation log containing times, positions, shotpoint, equipment performance and changes, data acquisition notes, etc. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
---|---|---|---|
Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
Bell Aerospace BGM-3 gravimeter | --- | Gravity | |
Integrated Navigation System | --- | Navigation | 1983-013-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-INS, ) |
Multichannel seismics | --- | Multichannel | 1983-013-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( AIR) for lines ) 1983-013-FA-SE-003 (SEGY seismic data rescued from 9 track) 1983-013-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) 1983-013-FA-SE-004 ( Mattick data rescue of SEGY seismic data ) |