Collect data from 3 types of intraslope basins related to salt diapirism: Type I (Gyre Basin) = submarine canyon blocked by active diapirs; Type II (Orca Basin) = interdomal basin formed by upward moving diapirs leaving central area in near original depth; and Type III (Carancahua) = collapse basin caused by either extension of sediment or salt solution from top of diapir. The plan was to study in detail each type of basin using seismic reflection, core/sample gear, bottom camera, CTD, and water bottles.
Location
Texas-Louisiana continental slope, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
125 seismic lines: 2301 km 3.5 kHz records, 1438 km minisparker records, 1005 km airgun records; Cores: 5 box cores, 1 gravity core.
Comments
Original Center People field contained: USGS-Woods Hole: Barry Irwin, Janet Burke, Richard Sylwester; USGS-Corpus Christi: Arnold Bouma - Ch. Sci., Jack Kindinger, Jo Ann Charba, John West, James Willingham, Richard Farrow, Tom Rice, Chuck Stelting, John Dillon.
Project = Continental Slope Studies - Intraslope Basins, Continental Slope Studies - Intraslope Basins
Information from Foghorn: Bolt 40 cu. in. (with wave shape kit) and 5 cu. in. airguns;SEI streamer with 40 MD5 hydrophones;Teledyne 30 LF amplifier, EPC 3200 recorder;Teledyne 800 j sparker, arcer cable 40 tips, hydrophone 20 elements, EPC 4100 recorder;ORE 140 transceiver, Raytheon TR 109 transducers, EPC 4100 recorder;Honeywell #5600 7-channel recorder;gravity and box corers, water sampler, Smith-MacIntyre grab;(piston, hydroplastic corers, CTD and water sampler not used due to winch failure);
Chief Scientist's cruise report, personnel list, equipment and data acquisition notes, station list. Also indicates who took the samples and who microfilmed the seismic records.
