Other ID: G-1-96-LA
Status: Completed
Organization(s): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of New Orleans, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James Flocks
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Lake Pontchartrain Geologic Framework and Coastal Processes study was to analyze environmental change focusing on evaluating environmental conditions, sediment quality, coastal processes and geomorphology.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: New Orleans
End Port/Location: New Orleans
Start Date: 1996-09-13
End Date: 1996-10-11
Equipment Used: GPS , Vibracorer, ITI ST-5 streamer, Huntec ESU-PSU, Generic - Echosounder
Information to be Derived: Bathymetry interpretation for geologic shoreline changes. Vibracores used to derive high-resolution sedimentation patterns post Pleistocene geologic framework.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bathymetry, boomer (24 lines), vibracore.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: G-1-96-LA - These FACS logs were generated by Chandra Dreher in June of
2003, using the handwritten logbooks and personal accounts of the scientist and
crew members. Contains Vibracore samples with three different sample names
consisting of PON96-#, RIG96-#, LB96-#. These samples are stored at the
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA (for further information, contact
Phil McCarty pmccarty@uno.edu).
Location:
Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana (Rigotets and Chef Manter Pass, LA and Lake Borgne, LA), Louisiana
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 30.45081021 | South: 29.92954486 | West: -90.60695171 | East: -89.42871094 |
Platform(s):
 G.K. Gilbert |
Calderon, K., Dadisman, S.V., Kindinger, J.L., Williams, S.J., Flocks, J.G., Penland, S., Wiese, D.S., 2003, Archive of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS Cruises 94GFP01, 95GFP01, 96GFP01, 97GFP01, and 98GFP02 in Lakes Pontchartrain, Borgne, and Maurepas, Louisiana, 1994-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003-497, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr2003497.
Flocks, J.G., 1999, New field sampling techniques and data description: In: Manheim, F.T., Hayes, L. (Eds.). Lake Pontchartrain Basin: Bottom sediments and related environmental resources, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1634, Woods Hole, MA, online only p., URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1634/.
Manheim, F.T., 1998, Lake Pontchartrain Basin, bottom sediments and regional scientific and educational resources: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-805, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr98805.
Manheim, F.T., Hayes, L., 2002, Lake Pontchartrain Basin: bottom sediments and related environmental resources: U.S. Geological Survey , Reston, VA, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1634.
FAN 96GFP01 has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=96GFP01.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | 500-Shot Interval Navigation Edited Shotpoint Navigation |
| Vibracorer | --- | Geology | Core descriptions |
| ITI ST-5 streamer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Sparker | Boomer seismic data |
| Huntec ESU-PSU | --- | Boomer Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| Generic - Echosounder | --- | Single Beam |
