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Field Activity Details for field activity R188AN

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AKA: none

Other ID: R-1-88-AN

Status: Completed

Organization(s): Texas A&M University, Technical University of Denmark, Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John Barron

Affiliate Investigator(s): Birger Larsen (Technical University Of Denmark),Jack Baldauf (Texas A&M University)

Information Specialist(s): Alan Cooper

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Bathymetric and seismic reflection investigation.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: PYRDZ BAY, ANTARCTICA

End Port/Location: FREEMANTLE, AUSTRALIA

Start Date: 1988-01-04

End Date: 1988-02-20

Equipment Used: 12khz, navigation, 3.5khz, magnetometer, seismic

Information to be Derived: Bathymetric and seismic reflection profiles.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 6568 miles of seismic data.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, ODP leg 119. See also R187AN for first half of this cruise

Staff information imported from InfoBank
John Barron (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Birger Larsen (Technical University Of Denmark) - Chief Scientist
Jack Baldauf (Texas A&M University) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Antarctica

Boundaries
North: -33.96316 South: -68.77556 West: 73.0212 East: 113.69983

Platform(s):

photo of Joides Resolution
Joides Resolution

Publications

Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, Frances D., Rapp, John B., and Frank, Tamara J., 1990, Aliphatic hydrocarbons in sediments from Prydz Bay, Antarctica, in Stewart, Sondra, ed., Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Peru continental margin; covering Leg 112 of the cruises of the Drilling Vessel JOIDES Resolution, Callao, Peru to Valparaiso, Chile, sites 679-688, 20 October 1986-25 December 1986: Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results 112, pp. 417–424.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
navigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Integrated navigation (SINS) data r-1-88-an.050 (Provisional best file)
Integrated navigation (SINS) data r-1-88-an.050_degree
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Raw bathymetry travel-time (Digitrack) data r-1-88-an.310
Raw bathymetry travel-time (Digitrack) data r-1-88-an.310_050 (Provisional best file)
magnetometer --- Magnetics
Edited magnetics data r-1-88-an.220
Edited magnetics data r-1-88-an.220_050
Edited magnetics data r-1-88-an.221_050 (Provisional best file)
seismic --- Sub Bottom Profiler
153746 034 16 00 LINE 009
153746 033 03 35 LINE 008
153745 009 21 30 LINE 003
153745 017 01 55 LINE 004
153745 017 15 21 LINE 004
153745 018 07 00 LINE 004
153745 023 02 00 LINE 005
153745 023 08 30 LINE 005
153745 027 14 00 LINE 006
153745 027 15 00 LINE 006
153745 029 07 45 LINE 007
153745 033 03 30 LINE 008
153745 034 16 00 LINE 009
153745 038 10 33 LINE 010
153745 039 03 19 LINE 010
153746 043 22 50 LINE 011
153746 017 02 30 LINE 004
153746 023 02 00 LINE 005
153745 044 09 30 LINE 011
153745 044 17 00 LINE 011
153746 027 14 00 LINE 006
153746 029 07 45 LINE 007
153746 033 02 50 LINE 008
153745 004 06 30 LINE 003
Raw seismic shot point data r-1-88-an.400_050 (Provisional best file)
153745 004 LINE 003
153746 004 06 25 LINE 003
153746 009 12 40 LINE 003
153746 017 01 55 LINE 004
153745 004 07 00 LINE 003
153746 009 08 00 LINE 003
153745 018 06 00 LINE 004
153745 023 08 38 LINE 005
153746 029 08 04 LINE 007
153745 033 02 50 LINE 008
153745 036 01 30 LINE 009
153746 038 10 35 LINE 010
153746 039 14 25 LINE 011
153745 043 19 00 LINE 011
153746 043 19 00 LINE 011
153746 049 19 20 LINE 011
153745 ODP 119 SEISMIC REFLECTION
Raw seismic shot point data r-1-88-an.400

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