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Field Activity Details for field activity 1987-301-FA

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Other ID: Acadiana 87-2

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks, Jack Kindinger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Stephen Bosse, Arnell Forde

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect geophysical and sedimentological data in the northern Gulf of Mexico, including shallow subsurface data in the form of high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles (HRSP).

Vehicle(s): Unknown

Start Port/Location: St.Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St.Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 1987-06-15

End Date: 1987-06-26

Equipment Used: GPS , ORE Geopulse, Benthos Mesh Hydrophones with Triton Elics SBLogger

Information to be Derived: Sub-bottom profile images

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected approximately 1506.145 line-kilometers of analog seismic data.

Staff: Jack Kindinger

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: The Acadiana 87-2 geophysical cruise included seismic data collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Chandeleur Sound, and Mississippi Sound from June 15-26, 1987. Data collection and processing methods are described in USGS Data Series 1047.

Location:

Northern Gulf of Mexico

Boundaries
North: 30.36147072 South: 28.99494472 West: -89.81872559 East: -88.10070801

Platform(s):

photo of Acadiana
Acadiana

Publications

Bosse, S.T., Flocks, J.G., Forde, A.S., 2017, Archive of digitized analog boomer seismic reflection data collected during U.S. Geological Survey cruise Acadiana 87-2 in the northern Gulf of Mexico, June 1987: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7F47MC2.

Hollis, R.J., Wallace, D.J., Miner, M.D., Gal, N.S., Dike, C., Flocks, J.G., 2019, Late Quaternary evolution and stratigraphic framework influence on coastal systems along the north-central Gulf of Mexico, USA: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 223, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105910.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Navigation_A87-2 (Long range navigation (LORAN) system geographic position data (.txt).)
CruiseTracklines_A87-2 (Cruise trackline location shapefile)
ORE Geopulse --- Boomer
Sub Bottom Profiler
Benthos Mesh Hydrophones with Triton Elics SBLogger --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Profileswithheaders_A87-2 (Printable seismic profiles with headers )
SEGY_A87-2 (Digitally-converted seismic profiles, in SEG-Y format (.seg).)

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