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Field Activity Details for field activity 1969-002-FA

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Other ID: 939009, Phase I Leg A; K-0-69-GM

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Louis E. Garrison

Affiliate Investigator(s): Robert Fedden - NavOceano

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Bayonne

End Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Start Date: 1969-01-22

End Date: 1969-01-28

Equipment Used: Sparker , Echosounder, Loran-C, Seismic reflection

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Shake down cruise, Leg A, Phase I.
Project = Geologic structures, Gulf of Mexico basin, Geologic structures, Gulf of Mexico basin
test
Foghorn indicates the system used was a sparker.

Location:

northern Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 28.38333 South: 23.93333 West: -96.3667 East: -81.76666

Platform(s):

photo of Elisha Kane
Elisha Kane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sparker --- Sparker
Echosounder --- Single Beam
1969-002-FA-BA-001 (Bathymetric Data on Infobank)
NGDC MGD77 data
Loran-C --- Navigation
1969-002-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data located at InfoBank)
Seismic reflection --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Sparker
1969-002-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( SPK) for lines )

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