Field Activity 2021-021-FA

Identifier 2021-021-FA -- CANCELED
Alternate names MRDF
Purpose Geophysical mapping of the Mississippi Delta River Front
Location Mississippi River Delta Front, Gulf of Mexico
Info derived Bathymetry, sub-bottom, backscatter, testing of multicorer
Comments Staffing is TBD. There will be at least 7 staff as well as Jason (PI). The multicorer (new system) may be tested but that is yet to be determined.
Projects
Platform
Pelican
116'
Itinerary
Start Cocodrie, LA 2021-09-26
End Cocodrie, LA 2021-10-09
Days in the field 14
Bounds
West -93.39843761
East -85.94238237
North 30.24008607
South 26.6474587

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jason Chaytor
Crew members
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Wayne E Baldwin
Specialist, Information
Brian Andrews
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal BOEM

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Sonar, Seismics
Data type: Geology, Multibeam, Sparker, Boomer

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Reson T20-P Multibeam, Water column reflectivity (no data reported)
Sparker Sparker (no data reported)
S-Boom seismic source Boomer (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity