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Field Activity Details for field activity 1980-035-FA

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Other ID: NE-80-3

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): George B. Tirey

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Multichannel

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Utilize common-depth-point (CDP), digital, and multichannel techniques to locate and map a monoclinal flexure of the Cap au Gres Fault, and demonstrate that the marine seismic system could be used for making relatively deep penetration seismic reflection surveys on shallow (less than 10 m in depth) inland waterways that have organic sediment floors.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Venetian Harbor Marina, Portage des Sioux, MO

End Port/Location: Venetian Harbor Marina, Portage des Sioux, MO

Start Date: 1980-12-12

End Date: 1980-12-16

Equipment Used: Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Multichannel seismics, Air gun

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The survey was carried out between the mouth of the Missouri River and the power plant at Portage des Sioux. There were not any faults observed on any of the monitor records made during this survey. Penetration on the monitor records was in general limited to approximately 100 to 150 ms of two-way travel time. Strong side reflections from the river banks up to 1.0 s of two-way travel time were recorded on the monitor record. As of this writing, the multichannel digital data recorded on the magnetic tapes have not been processed.

Staff: Frank W. Jennings, Paul Loud, David Nichols, George B. Tirey

Affiliate Staff:
US Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE)
St. Louis
MO

Notes: Data are being processed at Denver. Original Center People field contained: Rusty Tirey, Chief Scientist; Frank Jennings, Elec. Tech.; Dave Nichols, DSF5 Tech.; Paul Loud - Boat Operator.

Location:

Mississippi River, Lock 26, vicinity of Alton, Illinois, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 38.53 South: 38.48 West: -90.91 East: -90.07

Platform(s):

photo of Neecho
Neecho

Publications

Tirey, G.B., Wise, R.A., and Winget, E.A., 1984, Common-depth-point seismic-reflection survey on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Alton, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-81, 21 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8481.

Winget, E.A., and Tirey, G.B., 1984, U.S. Geological Survey common-depth-point seismic-reflection survey between Mississippi River miles 195 and 210 (R/V NEECHO, Cruise NE-80-3): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-82, 5 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr8482.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report describing personnel, objectives, equipment and configuration, brief chronological summary and data quality assessment.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C --- Navigation
1980-035-FA-LN-001-07 (Shotpoint Map 1 of 2 (pdf file) Shotpoint track map, Lines 10 and 11.)
1980-035-FA-LN-001-06 (Track Map 6 of 6 (pdf file) Field track map, Lines 10 and 11.)
1980-035-FA-LN-001-05 (Track Map 5 of 6 (pdf file) Field track map, Lines 10, 11 and 12.)
1980-035-FA-LN-001-04 (Track Map 4 of 6 (pdf file) Field track map, Lines 10 and 11.)
1980-035-FA-LN-001-02 (Track Map 2 of 6 (pdf file) Field track map, Lines 1, 2, 8, and 9.)
1980-035-FA-LN-001-01 (Track Map 1 of 6 (pdf file) Field track map, Lines 2, 8 and 9.)
1980-035-FA-LN-001-08 (Shotpoint Map 2 of 2 (pdf file) Shotpoint track map, Lines 1, 2, 8, and 9.)
1980-035-FA-LN-001-03 (Track Map 3 of 6 (pdf file) Field track map, Lines 1, 2, 8, and 9.)
Multichannel seismics --- Multichannel
1980-035-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of )
1980-035-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( AIR) for lines )
1980-035-FA-SE-003-01 (Paper record section of Lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, )
Air gun --- Air Gun / Water Gun

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