Field Activity 1993-029-FA

Identifier 1993-029-FA
Alternate names ENTR93-1; GC-1
Purpose Identify best locations for drilling for climate change in low latitudes and analogues for ancient stratigraphy in tropical, epicontinental seas and conditions favorable for energy resource formation.
Location Gulf of Carpentaria, Arafura Sea, Australia, Indian Ocean;
Info derived Morphology;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Terry Edgar (BAMG) - co-chief scientist; Tommy O'Brien - data processing; Dave Nichols - seismic systems. Project = Gulf of Carpentaria, Gulf of Carpentaria
Platform
Marxwell Enterprise
Itinerary
Start Karumba, Queensland, Australia 1993-12-08
End Karumba, Queensland, Australia 1994-01-03
Days in the field 26
Bounds
West 136.5
East 142.25
North -10
South -17.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Terry Edgar
Crew members
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Terry Edgar
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Blaine Cecil - BCG, Reston
Affiliate staff Blaine Cecil (BCG) - co-chief scientist; Muriel Grim (Reston) - data management; Jim Neale (Australian National Univ.) - sampling

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, station location and description, trackmap, seismic line lists and tapes.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Air gun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
Water gun (wh) Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
Seismic Engineering streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker (no data reported)
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker 4
GPS (wh) Navigation 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1993-029-FA-SE-001 Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer microfilm of Nancy K. Soderberg
1993-029-FA-SE-002 Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Digital tape(s) of H2O L1-6, H2O L6-13, H2O L14, H2O L14-15, H2O L16-17, H2O L18-22, H2O/AIR L23-24, AIR L25-26, AIR L10,26, Nancy K. Soderberg
1993-029-FA-SE-003 Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Digital tape(s) of H2O L1-6, H2O L6-13, H2O L14, H2O L14-15, H2O L16-17, H2O L18-22, H2O/AIR L23-24, AIR L25-26, AIR L10,26, Nancy K. Soderberg
1993-029-FA-SE-004 Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer DVD ROM disk of WATER, AIRGUN NAV LOGS SEG-Y, WATER, AIRGUN NAV LOGS SEG-Y, Nancy K. Soderberg
1993-029-FA-LN-001-01 GPS (wh) Cruise trackmap. Nancy K. Soderberg
1993-029-FA-LN-001-02 GPS (wh) Navigation file in degrees decimal minutes for every five-minute fix. Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity