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 | |||
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North: 29.3 | South: 29 | West: -90.8 | East: -90.6 |
Platform(s):
Acadiana |
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.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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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. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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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, ) |