Field Activity 1983-013-FA

Identifier 1983-013-FA
Alternate names 83-14
Purpose Study regional geology of western Gulf of Mexico and experiment on application of two-ship (FRED MOORE) work employing expanding spreads.
Location western Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary CDP: 970 km (15 lines: 1, 2, 2A, 3, GMT-1, GMT-3, GMT-3B, ESP2B, GMT-3C, GMT-5, ESP3, GMT-6, GMT-7, GMT-9, ESP4, GMT-9A, GMT-12, ESP5, GMT-13); 3.5 kHz near-trace A and B; Gravity.
Info derived Morphology;
Platform
Gyre
Length 182 feet; beam 36 feet.
Itinerary
Start Galveston, TX 1983-11-03
End Galveston, TX 1983-11-20
Days in the field 15
Bounds
West -95.5
East -92.8
North 29.5
South 25.45

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Thomas F O'Brien
Crew members
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
James Dodd
Scientist, Staff
Lamarre, Gus
Scientist, Staff
Connell, Jack
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Owen, Douglass
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Robert Mattick - USGS-Reston, VA
Affiliate staff Robert Mattick - USGS-Reston, VA, Ch. Sci.; John Grow - USGS-Denver, CO; Richard Wise - USGS-Denver, CO; James Leinbach - USGS-Denver, CO; F. Nicholas Zihlman - USGS-Denver, CO; William Patterson - USGS-Denver, CO; Ronald Wells - MMS, Corpus Christi, TX; Douglas Owens - data curator, MMS, Corpus Christi, TX; Per Soderberg - Sweden, University; McCowan - Gulf Oil Co.

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Gravity, Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Multichannel

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, and trackmaps.
Data inventory Cruise Curator's inventory of field data items.
Geophysics log 3.5 kHz Near-trace Monitor Log (pdf file) Near-traces A and B monitor log containing starts and ends of lines, equipment configuration and performance, data acquisition notes
Geophysics log DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Line GMT-1 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Line GMT-1. Includes ship configuration.
Geophysics log DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Line 1 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Line 1. Includes ship configuration.
Geophysics log DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines 2 and 2A (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Lines 2 and 2A. Includes ship configuration.
Geophysics log DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Line 3 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Line 3. Includes ship configuration.
Geophysics log DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines GMT-3, ESP2B, (GMT-3B?) and GMT-3C (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Lines GMT-3, ESP2B, and GMT-3C.
Geophysics log DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines GMT-5, ESP3, GMT-6, GMT-7, GMT-9, GMT-9A, and ESP4 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for Lines GMT-5, ESP3, GMT-6, GMT-7, GMT-9, GMT-9A, and ESP4.
Geophysics log DFS V and Marine Observer's Log - Lines GMT-12, ESP5, and GMT-13 (pdf file) Observer's notes describing data acquisition for lines GMT-12, ESP5, and GMT-13. Includes ship configuration.
Navigation log Handwritten navigation Log (pdf file) INS navigation log containing times, positions, shotpoint, equipment performance and changes, data acquisition notes, etc.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Air gun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
Bell Aerospace BGM-3 gravimeter Gravity (no data reported)
Integrated Navigation System Navigation 1
Multichannel seismics Multichannel 4

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1983-013-FA-LN-001 Integrated Navigation System Digital tape(s) of NV-INS, Nancy K. Soderberg
1983-013-FA-SE-001 Multichannel seismics Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( AIR) for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
1983-013-FA-SE-002 Multichannel seismics microfilm of Nancy K. Soderberg
1983-013-FA-SE-003 Multichannel seismics SEGY seismic data rescued from 9 track Nancy K. Soderberg
1983-013-FA-SE-004 Multichannel seismics Mattick data rescue of SEGY seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity