Field Activity 1991-020-FA

Identifier 1991-020-FA
Alternate names KIT JONES 91-2, Legs 1, 2 and 3
Purpose Collect shelf and Mississippi Sound high-resolution seismic as part of coastal project to study coastal erosion and offshore sand resources.
Location offshore Alabama, offshore Pensacola Bay, Western Florida, northern Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Fair seismic data; so-so weather.
Comments Project = Mississippi/Alabama Pollution Project, Mississippi/Alabama Pollution Project
Platform
Kit Jones
Length 60 feet; beam 15.7 feet.
Itinerary
Start Biloxi, MS 1991-07-10
End Biloxi, MS 1991-07-27
Days in the field 14
Bounds
West -88.35
East -86
North 30.42
South 28.8

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jack L Kindinger
Crew members
Affiliate principal Randy McBride - LGS
Affiliate staff Dana Wiese - USGS; Mississippi Minerals Technology Center: Douglas Lockhart and Tom Shelton

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, trackmap.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker 1
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation 1
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
SEGY data Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Linda P McCarthy
Nav data GPS (wh) Linda P McCarthy

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity