1976-016-FA (CMHRP activity #525)

Field Activity 1976-016-FA

Identifier

1976-016-FA

Alternate names

FAY 016

Purpose

Equipment test cruise.

Location

Corpus Christi, Texas, Port Everglades, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Airguns and gradiometer gave good results. 3.5 kHz system periodically lost the bottom. Teledyne sparker failed to arrive before departure; will be tested on a later leg.

Info derived

Morphology;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: Richard Sylwester - Ch. Sci., seismic systems; Perry Parks - gravity system; 4 other USGS cruise participants.

Platform

Fay

176 feet

Itinerary

Start	Corpus Christi, TX	1976-05-31
End	Port Everglades, FL	1976-06-05
Days in the field	6

Bounds

West	-97.5
East	-80
North	28
South	24

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Richard Sylwester

Crew members

Parks, Perry	Scientist, Staff
Richard Sylwester	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

1 unspecified technician

Data types and categories

Data category:	Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type:	Magnetics, Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Chief Scientist's cruise summary describing ship movement, personnel, and equipment and data acquisition notes.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
Air gun	Air Gun / Water Gun	(no data reported)
SEI streamer with 40 MD5 hydrophones	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker	(no data reported)
Geometrics G-856 magnetometer	Magnetics	1
Loran-C	Navigation	2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1976-016-FA-GP-001	Geometrics G-856 magnetometer	Digital tape(s) of GR, NV,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-016-FA-LN-001	Loran-C	Navigation trackline plot for field activity 76016	Nancy K. Soderberg
1976-016-FA-LN-002	Loran-C	Digital tape(s) of GR, NV,	Nancy K. Soderberg