Field Activity 1976-034-FA

Identifier 1976-034-FA
Alternate names CORPUS 39/45
Purpose Obtain a high-resolution seismic survey of the northern inner shelf of Texas.
Location Texas northern inner shelf, United States, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Minisparker: 2000 km; Time log: #45.
Info derived Morphology;
Comments Data quality was fair because of rough sea state.
Platform
Dutchman
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1976-09-08
End (port not specified) 1976-09-18
Days in the field 11
Bounds
West -96.5
East -94.3
North 29.5
South 28

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Ronald J. Miller
Crew members
Ronald J. Miller
Scientist, Staff
Lindquist, Stanley
Scientist, Staff
Pyle, Carroll
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Robert Morton - Chief Scientist, U. Texas
Affiliate staff U. Texas: Robert Morton - Ch. Sci., Rich Anderson

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Sparker, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Brief Chief Scientist's cruise summary listing personnel, equipment, cruise comments, and track map.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Del Norte 26 sparker Sparker (no data reported)
Motorola Mini-Ranger III Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity