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Field Activity Details for field activity 1986-301-FA

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Other ID: P86

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): James Flocks

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect 20 vibracores

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Louisiana

End Port/Location: Louisiana

Start Date: 1986-04-01

End Date: 1986-04-01

Equipment Used: Vibracorer

Information to be Derived: Vibracores analyzed with a penetrometer

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 20 vibracores

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Dates are approximate.

Location:

Gulf of Mexico, Plaquemines, Louisiana

Boundaries
North: 29.29 South: 29.15 West: -89.98 East: -89.45

Platform(s):


Blue Streak 8

Publications

Dreher, C., Flocks, J.G., Ferina, N., Kulp, M.A., 2008, Archive of sediment-vibracore data collected from Sandy Point to Belle Pass, Louisiana, 1983 through 2001 (surveys: 00SCC00, 83CR00, and 86P00): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 344, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds344.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Vibracorer --- Geology

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