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Field Activity Details for field activity M198GM

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AKA: none

Other ID: M-1-98-GM

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, University of Mississippi

Funding Program(s): Gulf of Mexico Tectonics and Hydrates Project (MU132)

Principal Investigator(s): Alan Cooper

Affiliate Investigator(s): Thomas McGee (Univ Miss)

Information Specialist(s): Alan Cooper, Patrick Hart

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Multichannel

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Gas hydrate study

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

End Port/Location: Biloxi, MS

Start Date: 1998-06-08

End Date: 1998-06-20

Equipment Used: Huntec, watergun, bottomseismometer, generatorinjectorgun, YoNav, 24channel

Information to be Derived: Geometry, structure, and stratigraphy of the hydrate zone; Reflection coefficients and estimates of physical properties of the sedimentary section.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Detailed seismic investigation of the gas hydrate stability zone in the Gulf of Mexico, using a wide range of very-high frequency seismic data sampled at very high rates (16 Khz to 200 Khz)

Staff: Hal Williams, Walt Olson, Larry Kooker, Fred Payne, Patrick Hart, Ingo Pecher

Affiliate Staff:
Jim Petermann - Electronics Technician
Mike Belliveau - Electronics Technician
Robert Luliiucci - Electronics Technician
Kathy Grace - Watchstander

Notes: The R/V Tommy Munro is owned and operated by the Univ. of Southern Mississippi Institute of Marine Sciences. The ship operates out of Biloxi, Mississippi. The cruise was a cooperative venture between the USGS and the Univ. of Mississippi (McGee), USGS-MMRI cruise.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Alan Cooper - Chief Scientist
Thomas McGee (Univ Miss) - Chief Scientist
Hal Williams - Mechanical Technician
Walt Olson - Mechanical Technician
Jim Petermann - Electronics Technician
Larry Kooker - Electronics Technician
Fred Payne - Electronics Technician
Mike Belliveau - Electronics Technician
Robert Luliiucci - Electronics Technician
Pat Hart - Geophysicist
Ingo Pecher - Geophysicist
Kathy Grace - Watchstander
Paul - Captain
Greg - Chief Mate

Location:

Gulf of Mexico - Mississippi Canyon

Boundaries
North: 30.39364 South: 28.01967 West: -89.9565 East: -88.77296

Platform(s):

photo of Tommy Munro
Tommy Munro

Publications

Cooper, A.K., Hart, P.E., Pecher, I., 1998, Cruise report for a seismic investigation of gas hydrates in the Mississippi Canyon region, northern Gulf of Mexico; cruise M1-98-GM: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-506, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr98506.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Huntec --- Boomer
Survey information
watergun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
bottomseismometer --- Ocean Bottom Seismometer
Station Information
generatorinjectorgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
YoNav --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data m-1-98-gm.062 (Provisional best file)
Global positioning system (GPS) data m-1-98-gm.062_degree
Lines
green logbook (data in holdings)
24channel --- Multichannel
Seismic FFID/Shot/CDP data m-1-98-gm.410
Edited seismic shot point data m-1-98-gm.420
Edited seismic shot point data m-1-98-gm.420_062 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
seismic data rolls (data in holdings)

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