AKA: none
Other ID: A-1-97-GM,OA-1-97-GM
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Pacific Seafloor Mapping Project (ZP000LD)
Principal Investigator(s): Jim Gardner
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Peter Dartnell
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sidescan
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Test cruise.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: New Orleans, LA
End Port/Location: Oahu, HW
Start Date: 1997-12-12
End Date: 1997-12-17
Equipment Used: GPS, integratednavigation, multibeam, sidescansonar
Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, backscatter, slope, sediment volumes, interpreted geology, etc
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Completed survey and processed bathymetry and backscatter data of Stetson Bank, West Flower Gardens, and East Flower Gardens, within the Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief
Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief
Location:
Gulf of Mexico
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 28.36667 | South: 27.78333 | West: -94.3333 | East: -91.55 |
Platform(s):
 Ocean Alert |
U. S. Geological Survey, 2006, National Seafloor Mapping and Benthic Habitat Studies, NW Gulf of Mexico: U. S. Geological Survey Web Page, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/pacmaps/wg-index.html.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPS | --- | Navigation | |
| integratednavigation | --- | Navigation | |
| multibeam | --- | Multibeam | |
| sidescansonar | --- | Sidescan | sidescan (data on FAD) |
