| Identifier | 1989-038-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | Phase I, Leg 3 | ||||||||
| Purpose | As part of the fourth year of the Barrier Erosion Study, the USGS and LGS will be collecting high-resolution seismic data to augment and fill in survey data collected since 1986. The objective is to determine the shallow morphostratigraphy of the Louisiana barrier delta plain using seismic and core information. | ||||||||
| Location | west delta area, Chandeleur Island area, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic; | ||||||||
| Info derived | Morphology; | ||||||||
| Comments | Information derived from pre-cruise report; no post-cruise report found. Project = Barrier Erosion Study, Barrier Erosion Study | ||||||||
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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| Principal investigators | S. Jeffress Williams | ||
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| Affiliate principal | Shea Penland (LGS-Baton Rouge); Randy McBride (LGS-Baton Rouge) | ||
| Affiliate staff | Jeff Williams (USGS-Reston); Jack Kindinger (USGS-St. Petersburg); Mike Ierardi (USGS-Reston); LGS-Baton Rouge: Shea Penland, Randy McBride, David Pope, Paul Conner, Steven Anderson, Karen Ramsey |
| Data category: | Seismics, Location-Elevation |
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| Data type: | Boomer, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Navigation |
| Name | Description |
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| Pre-cruise report | Chief Scientist's pre-cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment needed, description of 2 phases of work with a total of 5 cruises. (covers 89037 and 89038 based on handwritten note). |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| ORE GeoPulse | Boomer | (no data reported) | |
| Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer | Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker | (no data reported) | |
| ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler | Sub Bottom Profiler | (no data reported) | |
| Northstar 6000 LORAN-C | Navigation | (no data reported) |
