Field Activity 1978-017-FA

Identifier 1978-017-FA
Alternate names CORPUS 58/64
Purpose Obtain cores for description of an anomalous region of the Texas inner continental shelf.
Location Pass Cavallo, Texas inner continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary The Circe-Dokken vibracoring device was found to be successful in both sand and mud sediments of the Texas inner continental shelf. Stations: 4; Vibracores: 4; (7.5 cm diameter x 4.5 m average); Grab samples: 4; Log #64-original with UT?
Info derived Grain size analysis;
Comments Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Ronald Miller - Ch. Sci., Ronald Circe, Quenton Dokken, George Wiley Project = USGS/U. TX Co-op, USGS/U. TX Co-op
Platform
Longhorn
Length 105 feet (1986); originally 85 feet long.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1978-06-19
End (port not specified) 1978-06-20
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -96.75
East -96.25
North 28.4
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 C. Circe
Scientist, Staff
Ronald J. Miller
Scientist, Staff
Wiley, George
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff USGS-Corpus Christi: Quenton Dokken; University of Texas: Robert Morton, 7 students

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Location-Elevation
Data type: Geology, Biology, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief scientist's cruise report containing equipment notes, data acquisition notes, personnel, and location map.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Alpine Vibracorer Geology (no data reported)
Smith-MacIntyre grab Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Loran-A Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity