Field Activity 1985-044-FA

Identifier 1985-044-FA
Alternate names LASER 1
Location Louisiana continental shelf, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Cruise truncated, engines died. DataSonics 3.5: Lines L1-L28; ORE GeoPulse: Lines L1-L28.
Comments No cruise report; information derived from seismic analog tape log.
Platform
R J Russell
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1985-06-07
End Cocodrie, LA(port not specified) 1985-06-09
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -90.3966
East -87.84668
North 30.48434
South 28.72913

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John West
Crew members
John West
Scientist, Staff
McFarlen, James C.
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal John Suter, Shea Penland - LGS

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Geophysics log Watchstander's log describing seismic line and tape start and end times and comments.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Datasonics 3.5 kHz profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
ORE GeoPulse Boomer (no data reported)
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C Navigation 1
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1985-044-FA-LN-001 Northstar 6000 LORAN-C Digital tape(s) of NV, Nancy K. Soderberg
1985-044-FA-SE-001 Single channel hydrophone analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity