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Field Activity Details for field activity 1983-013-FA

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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
North: 29.5 South: 25.45 West: -95.5 East: -92.8

Platform(s):

photo of Gyre
Gyre

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, 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.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData 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 )

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