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Field Activity Details for field activity 1983-010-FA

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Other ID: 702-84 (83-1)

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald C. Circe, Lawrence Poppe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals: 1. Survey and sample shelf edge calcareous prominences along the northeastern Gulf of Mexico to study the structure, geology, and paleoenvironments of these reefs; 2. study the sedimentation on the rise seaward of the West Florida Escarpment; and 3. study the distribution of phosphate and manganese crusts on the West Florida Slope and Escarpment.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

End Port/Location: Tampa, FL

Start Date: 1983-10-16

End Date: 1983-11-05

Equipment Used: Piston corer, Grab sampler, Dredge, Benthos model 372 camera and strobe, Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Navidyne ESC-7000, Sparker , Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived: Morphology; Samples and chemical analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grab samples: 33; Dredge samples: 3; Photo stations: 11; Piston cores: 5; Pavement (hardrock) cores: 6; 3.5 kHz profiles: 450 km; 30 kJ sparker profiles: 450 km.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Candy Bostwick, Ronald C. Circe, Robert F. Commeau, Alfred Dahl, John C., Jr. Hampson, C. Wesley Lombard, Lawrence Poppe

Affiliate Staff:
Heidi Meir; Greg Magnus - Delaware Geological Survey; Charles Paull - Scripps; Juan Trias - USGS-San Juan

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dann Blackwood, Ronald Circe, Robert Commeau, Albert Bud Dahl, John Hampson, Candy Lane, Wesley Lombard, Heidi Meir, Lawrence Poppe.
Project = Shelf-edge reef study, Shelf-edge reef study
Information from Foghorn: Benthos grab sampler;Rock dredge;Benthos camera and strobe unit;Piston corer;T1 Silent 700 for data recording (w/ Navidyne ESC-7000) ;EPSCO C-PLOT plotter for ship s station positioning;

Location:

West Florida Escarpment and slope, Mississippi Canyon Reef, Hoffa Reef, Mid-Canyon Pinnacle, Desoto Canyon Reef, Mobile Pinnacle, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 29.54278 South: 25.95833 West: -90.0167 East: -84.63611

Platform(s):

photo of Lynch
Lynch

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel list, equipment list, data acquisition and equipment notes, dredge stations, grab stations, camera stations, core locations, and seismic line locations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Piston corer --- Geology
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Dredge --- Biology
Geology
Benthos model 372 camera and strobe --- Photo
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C --- Navigation
1983-010-FA-LN-001 (Digital tapes of NV data: inv. # 2869 thru 2874, 2935 thru 2938, and 3776.)
Navidyne ESC-7000 --- Navigation
Sparker --- Sparker
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1983-010-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of )
1983-010-FA-SE-003 (analog tape of seismic data)
1983-010-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 12K) for lines )

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