Field Activity Details for field activity 1981-021-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

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Principal Investigator(s): Ronald J. Miller

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Preliminary report detailing findings of 3 phases - first two phases recorded in cruise reports 81007 and 81008. Objective of phase 3 onboard CARANCAHUA was the completion of trackline runs laid out in phase 1, run in phase 2, and continued in shallow waters in phase 3. Purpose of study was to provide an interpretation of the geologic framework and geologic history of the Louisiana-Mississippi OCS area since the middle Pleistocene, and to present the regional distribution of geologic features that can be hazardous to offshore gas and oil production.

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Start Date: 1981-06-29

End Date: 1981-07-24

Equipment Used: Boomer, Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 700 km of seismic data and 75 grab samples collected in phase 3 cruise.

Staff: Neal Lillard, Ronald J. Miller

Affiliate Staff:
Bob Woolsey - MMRI; Dan Cooper - MMRI; Ron Boyd - LSU

Notes: Cruise report 81021 is a preliminary report.
Project = Depositional history of LA-MS outer continental shelf, Depositional history of LA-MS outer continental shelf

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Chandeleur Sound, Chandeleur Islands, Mississippi Sound, Louisiana-Mississippi-Alabama continental shelf, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

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