Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Dillon, James M. Robb
Affiliate Investigator(s): Juan Carlos Lucena y Bonny, Jaime A. Garcia-Rodriguez - ENADIMSA
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Investigate the general structure of the continental margin of southern Spain and the central Alboran Sea via collection of seismic profiles and magnetic data.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Almeria, Spain
End Port/Location: Almeria, Spain
Start Date: 1974-05-04
End Date: 1974-05-24
Equipment Used: Marine magnetometer, Gravity meter (wh), Raytheon radar
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Marine magnetics data and seismic reflection profiles.
Staff: William Dillon, James M. Robb
Affiliate Staff:
Juan Carlos Lucena y Bonny and Jaime A. Garcia-Rodriguez - Empresa Nacional ADARO de Investigaciones Mineras
S.A. (ENADIMSA)
Spain; H. Gary Greene - PMG
Notes:
Location:
Gulf of Almeria, Alboran Sea, Spain, Mediterranean Sea, Europe, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 36.85129882 | South: 35.92316474 | West: -4.49890137 | East: -1.94820678 |
Platform(s):
 Pollux |
Dillon, W.P., Robb, J.M., Greene, H.G., and Lucena, J.C., 1980, Evolution of the continental margin of southern Spain and the Alboran Sea: Marine Geology, v. 36 no. 3-4, doi: 10.1016/0025-3227(80)90087-0.
Robb, J.M., Dillon, W.P., Greene, H.G., Lucena y Bonny, J.C., and Garcia-Rodriguez, J.A., 1976, Marine magnetometer measurements, Gulf of Almeria, Spain: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-545, 12 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr76545.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | 1974-003-FA-GP-001-01 (Magnetics data) |
| Gravity meter (wh) | --- | Gravity | 1974-003-FA-GP-002 (Digital tape(s) of NV, MG-SPAIN, GR?, NV?, MG-ALL CORRECTNS, MG-25 FILES, ) 1974-003-FA-GP-001-02 (Gravity data) |
| Raytheon radar | --- | Navigation | 1974-003-FA-LN-001-01 (Navigation data) |
