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Field Activity Details for field activity 1990-011-FA

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Other ID: ERDA-90-1, LEG 3 PBP-90-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David Nichols

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jack Kindinger, USGS; Shea Penland, LGS

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect nearshore high-resolution seismics as part of ongoing coastal geologic framework studies in state cooperative projects.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Dauphin Island Marina, AL

End Port/Location: Dauphin Island Marina, AL

Start Date: 1990-06-17

End Date: 1990-06-19

Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, GPS (wh), Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 6 rolls seismic data; 18 magnetic data tapes for entire cruise (all legs).

Staff: David Nichols

Affiliate Staff:
Lyle McGinnis
Argonne National Labs
DOE

Notes: Also see Field Activities 90008 and 90009.
Project = MS-AL-USGS Co-op, MS-AL-USGS Co-op

Location:

Petit Bois Pass, Petit Bois Island, Dauphin Island, Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico, Alabama, Mississippi, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.4 South: 30.13 West: -88.47 East: -88.18

Platform(s):

photo of Erda-1
Erda-1

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, equipment, tabulated information, trackmap, and memorandum referring to related activities. (90008, 90009, 90011)

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1990-011-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data)
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Loran-C --- Navigation

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