Other ID: 80-G-5; 80-5
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Louis E. Garrison
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collection of sidescan data in the area south of the Mississippi delta on the upper continental slope. Collection of data on 4 Exxon tracts for installation of production platform.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX
End Port/Location: New Orleans, LA
Start Date: 1980-06-04
End Date: 1980-06-09
Equipment Used: EG&G Model SMS 960 Seafloor Mapping System, 3.5 kHz, Sparker , Single channel hydrophone, Loran-C, Acoustic backscatter sensors
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 3.5 kHz: approx. 241.4 km; Sparker: 241.4 km.
Staff: Barry Irwin, Louis E. Garrison, Arnold H. Bouma, Janet B. Burke, John West, Jo Ann Charba, James Willingham, Linda Massengill
Affiliate Staff:
USGS-New Orleans: Bill Sweet; David Prior
Coastal Studies
LSU; Kate Hadley
Exxon; John Lindsay
Exxon; Theo Duis
TAMU; Jon Young
Decca Navigation; Bobby Duke
Decca Navigation; Rhett Hamiter
LSU; Walker Winans
Coastal Studies
LSU
Notes: Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Lou Garrison - Chief Scientist, Arnold Bouma, John West, Linda Massengill, Jo Ann Charba, James Willingham; USGS-Woods Hole: Barry Irwin, Janet Burke.
Project = Delta Project, Delta Project
Notes from the logbook in the data library "System pulled in. Probles Decca & Side Scan. Aborted"
Location:
Mississippi Delta, upper continental slope, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 28.6 | South: 28 | West: -89.5 | East: -89 |
Platform(s):
Gyre |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
---|---|---|---|
EG&G Model SMS 960 Seafloor Mapping System | --- | Sidescan | |
3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
Sparker | --- | Sparker | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1980-011-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data) |
Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1980-011-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, ) |
Acoustic backscatter sensors | --- | Single Beam |