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Field Activity Details for field activity 1982-042-FA

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Other ID: LACOSS I

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John West

Affiliate Investigator(s): John Suter

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1982-08-27

End Date: 1982-09-18

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

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ORE Boomer data: Lines C1-C49.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Project = Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey, Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey

Location:

western Louisiana Continental Shelf, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 29.85 South: 29.6 West: -93.4 East: -93.3

Platform(s):

photo of R J Russell
R J Russell

Publications

Bosse, S.T., Flocks, J.G., Forde, A.S., 2020, Archive of digitized analog boomer seismic reflection data collected from the Northern Gulf of Mexico: 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, and 1992: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9YA25SF.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Boomer --- Boomer
Loran-C --- Navigation
1982-042-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, )
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1982-042-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data)

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