| Identifier | 1976-011-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | FAY 013, Leg Charlie; CORPUS 31/39 | ||||||||
| Purpose | General objective of the Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope project is to define the possible extent of unstable sediments on the slope and estimate the degree of instability in selected areas. The first phase of the slope project involved acquisition and interpretation of 11,233 statute miles of high-resolution seismic data throughout the study area. Western Geophysical Company of America collected the geophysical data incuding fathometer profiles, 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiles and 1000 joule sparker profiles. From these data, a map of the shallow surface geological features of the slope was produced. Using this information, specific sites were chosen for deep gulf cruises aboard the FAY. High density seismic profiling was done at each site followed by a sediment sampling program. | ||||||||
| Location | outer continental shelf, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic; | ||||||||
| Summary | Minisparker profiles: 1579 km; 3.5 kHz EDO profiles: 398 km; Piston cores: 17; Hydroplastic cores: 16; Smith-MacIntyre samples: 20; Core logs: 39A, B, C; Bottom photo stations: 17; Oxygen traces: 0; Gravity cores: 0. | ||||||||
| Info derived | Sea floor map; Morphology; | ||||||||
| Comments | Original Center People field contained: Gary W. Hill - Ch. Sci., Ronald Miller, Jim Woods, Jack Kindinger, Cary Pyle, Ken Roberts, Mike Dorsey, Bob Vitaglione, Scott Heald, Dee Haines, Tom Tatum, and Stan Linquist. Project = Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope, Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope Information from Foghorn: EG&G minisparker;EDO Western 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler;Smith-MacIntyre grab sampler;Piston corer;Gravity corer;Benthos underwater camera;InterOceans temperature, depth and dissolved oxygen profiling instrument; | ||||||||
| Related activities |
1976-005-FA: Cruise legs |
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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| Principal investigators | Hill, Gary W. | ||||||||||||||
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| Affiliate staff | Jim Woods, Scott Heald, Dee Haines, Tom Tatum; Texas A&I Univ.: Ronald C. Circe; Texas A&M Univ.: Charles Katherman, Marty Robinson, Bruce Sidner; Western Geophysical: Paul Bereznak |
| Data category: | Sampling, Seismics, Biological Field Study, Imagery, Environmental Data, Location-Elevation |
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| Data type: | Geology, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Biology, Experiments (biological), Photo, Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature, Navigation |
| Name | Description |
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| Cruise report | Chief Scientist's daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel, track maps. The information applies to field activities 1976-005-FA, 1976-007-FA, 1076-011-FA, and 1976-013-FA. |
| Cruise report | Manual for successive Fay cruises conducted between March and June 1976 in the Gulf of Mexico including daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel, track maps. Very extensive report including figures of data with explanations. Includes information for the following field activities: 1976-004-FA, 1976-005-FA, 1976-007-FA, 1976-011-FA, 1976-013-FA, 1976-015-FA. |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| Single channel hydrophone | Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler | 1 | |
| Hydroplastic corer | Geology | (no data reported) | |
| EG&G sparker | Sparker | (no data reported) | |
| 3.5 kHz | Sub Bottom Profiler | (no data reported) | |
| Smith-MacIntyre grab | Biology, Geology | (no data reported) | |
| Gravity corer | Geology | (no data reported) | |
| Benthos model 372 camera and strobe | Photo | (no data reported) | |
| InterOceans temperature, depth and dissolved oxygen profiling instrument | Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature | (no data reported) | |
| Integrated Navigation System | Navigation | 4 | |
| Piston corer | Geology | (no data reported) |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| 1976-011-FA-SE-001 | Single channel hydrophone | microfilm of GULF SEISMIC PROFILES | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1976-011-FA-LN-001-01 | Integrated Navigation System | Track Map Charlie IXA (pdf file) Plotted track map for area Charlie IXA, Lines 1 through 12 with shotpoints. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1976-011-FA-LN-001-02 | Integrated Navigation System | Track Map Charlie X (pdf file) Plotted track map for Charlie X, Lines 1 through 7 with shotpoints. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1976-011-FA-LN-001-03 | Integrated Navigation System | Track Map Charlie XI-XII (pdf file) Plotted track map for Charlie XI-XII, Lines 1 through 11 with shotpoints. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1976-011-FA-LN-001-04 | Integrated Navigation System | Track Map Charlie XIII (pdf file) Plotted track map for area Charlie XIII, Lines 1 through 13 with shotpoints. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
