Field Activity 1980-019-FA

Identifier 1980-019-FA
Alternate names 80-C-2
Purpose Obtain seismic coverage of the area in the vicinity of the barrier island core transect as supplemental stratigraphic information.
Location Southern Corpus Christi Bay, Northern Laguna Madre, Texas, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary 68 km of minisparker records collected. The seismic records were of high quality and provided good resolution to a depth of about 300 meters.
Platform
Carancahua
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1980-07-21
End (port not specified) 1980-07-23
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -97.4
East -97.3
North 27.8
South 27.6

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Gerald Shideler
Crew members
Owen, Douglass
Scientist, Staff
Gerald Shideler
Scientist, Staff
John West
Scientist, Staff
Lillard, Neal
Scientist, Staff
Stelting, Charles
Scientist, Staff
Willingham, James
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Del Norte 26 sparker Sparker (no data reported)
Motorola Mini-Ranger III Navigation (no data reported)
Compass Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity