Field Activity Details for field activity 1977-048-FA

Other ID: COST No. GE-1 well

Status: Cancelled

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Claude (Wylie) Poag

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Information Specialist(s): Other

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Resource exploration well drilled by the Ocean Production Company acting as operator for a group of 25 original participating companies, the Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) Group. This hole, designated the COST No. GE-1 well, was drilled on the outer part of the Continental Shelf about 74 mi (119 km) east of Jacksonville, Fla. along the Southeast Georgia Embayment. COST GE-1 was drilled using the ODECO jack-up drill barge, the OCEAN STAR.

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Start Port/Location: United States

End Port/Location: United States

Start Date: 1977-02-22

End Date: 1977-05-31

Equipment Used: Rotary core

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Morphology; Resource exploration potential

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Other

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Notes: MISTAKEN ENTRY. INFORMATION IS FOR USGS FIELD ACTIVITY 1977-047-FA

Location:

Southeast Georgia Embayment, Georgia, Florida, U.S. Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, United States, North America, North Atlantic

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