Field Activity 1974-003-FA

Identifier 1974-003-FA
Purpose Investigate the general structure of the continental margin of southern Spain and the central Alboran Sea via collection of seismic profiles and magnetic data.
Location Gulf of Almeria, Alboran Sea, Spain, Mediterranean Sea, Europe, North Atlantic;
Summary Marine magnetics data and seismic reflection profiles.
Platform
Pollux
Length 38.4 meters; beam 7.6 meters; draft 3.1 meters.
Itinerary
Start Almeria, Spain 1974-05-04
End Almeria, Spain 1974-05-24
Bounds
West -4.49890137
East -1.94820678
North 36.85129882
South 35.92316474

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William P DillonJames Robb
Crew members
William P Dillon
Scientist, Staff
James Robb
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Juan Carlos Lucena y Bonny, Jaime A. Garcia-Rodriguez - ENADIMSA
Affiliate staff Juan Carlos Lucena y Bonny and Jaime A. Garcia-Rodriguez - Empresa Nacional ADARO de Investigaciones Mineras, S.A. (ENADIMSA), Spain; H. Gary Greene - PMG

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation
Data type: Gravity, Magnetics, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Marine magnetometer Magnetics 1
Gravity meter (wh) Gravity 2
Raytheon radar Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1974-003-FA-GP-001-01 Marine magnetometer Magnetics data Nancy K. Soderberg
1974-003-FA-GP-001-02 Gravity meter (wh) Gravity data Nancy K. Soderberg
1974-003-FA-GP-002 Gravity meter (wh) Digital tape(s) of NV, MG-SPAIN, GR?, NV?, MG-ALL CORRECTNS, MG-25 FILES, Nancy K. Soderberg
1974-003-FA-LN-001-01 Raytheon radar Navigation data Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity