Other ID: 85 Leg 3A; FRNL 85-3A
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Twichell
Affiliate Investigator(s): Lindsay Parson - British Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS)
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Long-range sidescan sonar survey of the Gulf of Mexico using the GLORIA system.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Tampa, FL
End Port/Location: Key West, FL
Start Date: 1985-10-02
End Date: 1985-10-22
Equipment Used: GLORIA sidescan, Air gun, Single channel hydrophone, Marine magnetometer, 3.5 kHz, 10 kHz Bathymetry, ABC navigation system, Loran-C, GPS (wh)
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: GLORIA Sidescan Sonar: 6,557 km; 10 kHz: 6,734 km; 3.5 kHz: 6,738 km; Airgun: 6,578 km; Magnetometer: 6,712 km.
Staff: David Twichell, Page Valentine, Robert F. Commeau, Steve Mateus
Affiliate Staff:
Charles Paull - geologist
Scripps; Kim Benjamin - engineer
WHOI; Derek Bishop - GLORIA engineer
IOS; Lindsay Parson - co-Ch. Sci.
IOS; Robin Bonner - airgun tech
IOS; Jon Campbell - GLORIA engineer
IOS; Andrew Harris - GLORIA engineer
IOS; Colin Jacobs - geologist
IOS; Doriel Jones - shipboard computing
RVS; Derek Lewis - shipboard computing
RVS
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dave Twichell - Ch. Sci., Robert Commeau - geologist, Steve Mateus - geologist, Page Valentine - geologist.
Project = GLORIA Gulf of Mexico EEZ Survey 1985, GLORIA Gulf of Mexico EEZ Survey 1985
Location:
eastern Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29.25 | South: 23.75 | West: -89 | East: -82 |
Platform(s):
Farnella |
Lubinski, D.J., and Twichell, D.C., 1989, Magnetic and bathymetric data from R/V FARNELLA cruises FRNL85-1, 85-2, and 85-3 in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico EEZ: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-156, 6 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr89156.
Paskevich, V.F., 1996, Digital mosaics of the GLORIA sidescan sonar data of the Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr96657.
Paskevich, V.F., 2000, Gulf of Mexico GLORIA sidescan sonar geologic interpretation—ArcView data coverages: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-019, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0019.
Twichell, D.C. Cross, V.A., Paskevich, V.F., Hutchinson, D.R., Winters, W.J., and Hart, P.E., 2006, GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1071, DVD-ROM, also available from https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051071.
Twichell, D.C., McGregor, B.A., and Lubinski, D.J., 1989, Seismic-reflection data from R/V FARNELLA cruises FRNL82-7, FRNL85-1, FRNL85-2, and FRNL85-3A in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico EEZ: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-549, 7 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr89549.
Twichell, D.C., and Paskevich, V.F., 1996, GLORIA sidescan-sonar field data and navigation data collected in the Gulf of Mexico during R/V FARNELLA cruises in 1982 and 1985: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-707, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr96707.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, cruise narrative, tabulated information, trackmap, and data documentation forms. |
Contractor's report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Contract Report (pdf file) Institute of Oceanographic Sciences contract report. Includes personnel, program description, cruise narrative, scientific results and trackmaps. The report specified 4 legs of operation. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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GLORIA sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1985-034-FA-SO-002 (Digital tapes of NV, GLORIA-PASSES 2-51, GLORIA PASSES 69-78, and PROCESSED GLORIA: inventory #2954, 2955, 2956, 2957, 2959, 3608, 3609, 3610, 3611, 3612, 3613, 3614, 3615, and 3616.) 1985-034-FA-SO-003 (CD ROM disk of GLORIA ATLANTIC GEOTIFF, GLORIA GULF MEXICO GEOTIFF, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA/MOSAIC 1-16, ) 1985-034-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines ) GLORIA sidescan data |
Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1985-034-FA-SE-003 (Collection of paper single-channel high-resolution seismic records for airgun system 10-sec sweep (1 folder FD #4036); 5-sec sweep (2 folders FD #4037-4038);10 kHz (4 folders FD #4039-4042#); 3.5 kHz (7 folders FD #4043-4049); and air gun monitor (2 folders FD #4050-F4051).) 1985-034-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data) 1985-034-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of ) 1985-034-FA-SE-003-01 (Electronic scans of some paper seismic profiles.) |
Marine magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | NGDC MGD77 data |
3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
10 kHz Bathymetry | --- | Single Beam | 1985-034-FA-BA-001 (CD ROM disk of GLORIA ATLANTIC GEOTIFF, GLORIA GULF MEXICO GEOTIFF, GLORIA IMAGES, GLORIA/MOSAIC 1-16, ) NGDC MGD77 data |
ABC navigation system | --- | Navigation | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1985-034-FA-LN-001-01 (Trackline map for R/V FARNELLA Cruise FRNL85-3A) Nav data |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation |