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Field Activity Details for field activity 1986-016-FA

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Other ID: ACAD 86-2

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald C. Circe

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To take bathymetric profiles, distance measurements and samples along profile lines at the barrier island study site on central Isles Dernieres.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA

End Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA

Start Date: 1986-08-14

End Date: 1986-08-16

Equipment Used: Raytheon DE-719 precision echo sounder, Gravity corer, Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Bathymetric maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bathymetric profiling offshore to a distance of approx. 12 nm; precision distance measurements offshore to a distance of 1.8 km.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Ron Circe
USGS
BAMG
Reston
VA; Rob Wertz
USGS
BPMG
Reston
VA

Notes:
Project = Coastal Erosion Program, PMG, Coastal Erosion Program, PMG

Location:

offshore Isles Dernieres, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 29.3 South: 29 West: -90.8 East: -90.6

Platform(s):

photo of Acadiana
Acadiana

Publications

Circe, R.C., and Holland, K.T., 1987, Surficial sediment texture along a beach and nearshore profile of Isles Dernieres, Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-267, 9 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr87267.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Brief Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, and map of transect.
Navigation log Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C Printout of navigation with added handwritten notes.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Raytheon DE-719 precision echo sounder --- Single Beam
Gravity corer --- Geology
Megapulse Accufix 500 LORAN-C --- Navigation
1986-016-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NV-MEGAPULSE, NV-MEGAPULSE, NV-MEGAPULSE, NV-MEGAPULSE, )

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