Field Activity 1987-025-FA

Identifier 1987-025-FA
Alternate names 87-2 Leg 2
Purpose High-resolution seismic survey of nearshore and inner shelf of Louisiana, Mississippi and western Alabama east of the Mississippi River delta. Major emphasis is Chandeleur Islands region, LA.
Location Chandeleur Islands, Chandeleur Sound, Pass a Loutre, St. Bernard Delta, Louisiana, Petit Bois Island, Horn Island, Cat Island, Ship Island, Mississippi, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary High-resolution seismics: 440 km.
Info derived Shoreline Erosion;Morphology;
Comments Submitted 02/24/09 by A. Orton for J. Kindinger. Original Center People field contained: Jack Kindinger - co-Ch. Sci., USGS-St. Pete; Kenneth Parolski.
Platform
Acadiana
Length 58 feet
Itinerary
Start Biloxi, LA 1987-06-20
End Biloxi, LA 1987-06-22
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -89.5
East -88
North 30.5
South 29

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jack L Kindinger
Crew members
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Wayne Simoneaux - LUMCON; Shea Penland - LGS; Randolph A. McBride - LGS; Robert Cutting - LUMCON

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report including personnel, equipment, brief results and trackmap, Covers 3 separate legs of cruises (87023, 87025, 87026).
Cruise log Chief Scientist's cruise log including dates, times, course, speed, data collection notes, and comments. The cover indicates 3 legs (87023, 87025, 87026), but the information pertains to 87025 with the additional information removed. Includes handwritten navigation fixes, start and end of lines, and tape changes.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ORE GeoPulse Boomer (no data reported)
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker 1
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1987-025-FA-SE-001 Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg
1987-025-FA-LN-001 Northstar 6000 LORAN-C Digital tape(s) of NV, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity