Other ID: ACAD 87-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Ronald C. Circe
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect bottom samples offshore Isles Dernieres barrier islands.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1987-05-03
End Date: 1987-05-07
Equipment Used: Klein 531 sidescan, Grab sampler, Loran-C
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Water depth varied from 3 m to 25 m. I was very impressed by the underway grab sampler. Sidescan sonar: 463 km; Bottom grabs: 225.
Staff: Ronald C. Circe
Affiliate Staff:
Rob Wertz - USGS BPMG; Steve Underwood - COE; Sonny Maciasz - LGS
Notes:
Project = Coastal Erosion Project, BAMG, Coastal Erosion Project, BAMG
Location:
offshore central Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29.68805 | South: 26.86328 | West: -93.4497 | East: -88.68164 |
Platform(s):
Acadiana |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, tabulated information, sidescan paper roll and associated sample numbers. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1987-016-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data) |
Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1987-016-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NV-MEGAPULSE, ) |