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Field Activity Details for field activity 1976-034-FA

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Other ID: CORPUS 39/45

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald J. Miller

Affiliate Investigator(s): Robert Morton - Chief Scientist, U. Texas

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain a high-resolution seismic survey of the northern inner shelf of Texas.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1976-09-08

End Date: 1976-09-18

Equipment Used: Single channel hydrophone, Del Norte 26 sparker, Motorola Mini-Ranger III

Information to be Derived: Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Minisparker: 2000 km; Time log: #45.

Staff: Ronald J. Miller, Stanley Lindquist, Carroll Pyle

Affiliate Staff:
U. Texas: Robert Morton - Ch. Sci.
Rich Anderson

Notes: Data quality was fair because of rough sea state.

Location:

Texas northern inner shelf, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 29.5 South: 28 West: -96.5 East: -94.3

Platform(s):


Dutchman

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 summary listing personnel, equipment, cruise comments, and track map.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
Del Norte 26 sparker --- Sparker
Motorola Mini-Ranger III --- Navigation

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