Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
Geoscience Data System
Field Activity 1987-048-FA
Identifier
1987-048-FA
Alternate names
G87-2-GM; 87-G-2
Location
Mississippi prodelta, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
No field activity documentation. Constant rate of strain and triaxial tests performed on 7? cores.
Info derived
Sea floor map;
Comments
No field activity documentation, only geotechnical analyses on BC10, 11, 30, 32, and 34, and on PC10, 11, 31, and 33.
Platform
Gyre
Length 182 feet; beam 36 feet.
NR-1
Itinerary
Start
(port not specified)
1987-02-27
End
(port not specified)
1987-03-12
Bounds
West
-90.1989
East
-87.6709
North
29.43737
South
27.62514
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Personnel
Organization
USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
(WHCMSC)
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole,
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators
Robert Commeau
Crew members
Robert Commeau
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal
James Brooks, TAMU
Data types and categories
Data category:
Sampling, Biological Field Study
Data type:
Biology, Geology, Experiments (biological)
Documents: Notes and log books
Name
Description
Data log
Watchstander's position log for coring (gravity, piston), trawl navigation, CTD locations, bongo net transects, and sniffer transects. Includes locations maps for each of the data types collected.
Core log
Laboratory technicians' cruise synopsis, core sections, laboratory protocols, and core visual descriptions
Core log
Technicians' laboratory core section log.
Equipment used
Equipment
Usage description
Data types
Datasets
Box corer
Biology
, Geology
(no data reported)
Piston corer
Geology
(no data reported)
Publications
Samples collected during this field activity
