Field Activity 1982-039-FA

Identifier 1982-039-FA
Alternate names LACOSS II 12/82
Purpose High-resolution seismic profiling along Isles Dernieres and Grand Isle to map geology and survey sand resources for Louisiana Geological Survey.
Location Louisiana Shelf, Isles Dernieres, Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Original ORE boomer records in USGS-St. Petersburg, FL center. ORE Boomer: 480 km (Lines R1-R3, D4-D42, G1-G20).
Info derived Sea floor map;
Comments Original Center People field contained: John West - ET, USGS-Corpus Christi/Minerals Management Service. Project = Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey, Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey
Platform
R J Russell
Itinerary
Start Cocodrie, LA 1982-12-05
End Grand Isle, LA 1982-12-17
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -91.00769338
East -89.69905807
North 29.31540748
South 28.95982165

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John West
Crew members
John West
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal John Suter - Louisiana St. Univ.
Affiliate staff Doug Owen - Geologist, Minerals Management Service; Shea Penland - Geologist, Louisiana Geological Survey; John Suter - Geologist, Louisiana State University; Wilton Delaum - Deckhand, LUMCON

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel and data acquired. Also includes NOAA cruise inventory sheets.
Geophysics log Watchstander's seismic log describing ORE boomer, NorthStar 6000 Loran and Morrow Plot, equipment settings, starts and ends of lines, tapes, equipment performance, data acquisition notes.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Loran-C Navigation 3
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 2
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1982-039-FA-LN-001 Loran-C Digital tape(s) of NV, Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-039-FA-LN-001-01 Loran-C Navigation File (1 of 2 txt files) Rescued navigation file from 5-minute-fix plot file with latitude, longitude and time annotation; Dec. 5, 1900, 1982 - Dec. 9, 2010, 1982. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-039-FA-LN-001-02 Loran-C Navigation file (2 of 2 txt files) Rescued navigation file from 5-minute-fix plot file with latitude, longitude and time annotation; Dec. 12, 1300, 1982 - Dec. 17, 1217, 1982. Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-039-FA-SE-001 Single channel hydrophone Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
1982-039-FA-SE-002 Single channel hydrophone analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity