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Field Activity Details for field activity 1991-012-FA

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Other ID: ERDA-91-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jack Kindinger

Affiliate Investigator(s): Gregg Brooks - USF

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct high-resolution single-channel seismics survey of Mobile Bay and eastern Mississippi Sound, Alabama.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Dauphin Island, AL

End Port/Location: Dauphin Island, AL

Start Date: 1991-05-15

End Date: 1991-05-20

Equipment Used: Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer, Boomer, GPS (wh), Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Fairly good shallow water seismic data first 3 days; bad weather rest of the time.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Dana Wiese - USGS-St. Pete; Richard Hummel - GSA (Tuscaloosa
AL); Steve Parker - GSA (Tuscaloosa
AL)

Notes:
Project = AL-MS Pollution Project, AL-MS Pollution Project

Location:

Mobile Bay, Alabama, Mississippi Sound, Mississippi, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.42 South: 30.16 West: -88.34 East: -87.66

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, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, and trackmap.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Sparker
Boomer --- Boomer
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Loran-C --- Navigation

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