Field Activity 1994-030-FA

Identifier 1994-030-FA
Alternate names Pont-94
Purpose Field investigation of shallow structure, stratigraphy, and character of the estuary sea bed.
Location Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Richard Young - Boat Operator, Dana Wiess - Seismic Tech., Dave Nichols - Sidescan Tech., Helana Cichon - Survey Assistant. Project = Lake Pontchartrain Study, Lake Pontchartrain Study
Platform
G.K. Gilbert
40'
Itinerary
Start New Orleans, LA 1994-05-31
End New Orleans, LA 1994-06-11
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -90.4
East -89.85
North 30.25
South 30

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators S. Jeffress Williams
Crew members
Young, Richard
Scientist, Staff
Dana S Wiese
Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Cichon, Helena
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Shea Penland, Robert Seal - LSU/CCEER, Survey Assistant

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Single Beam, Sidescan, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, trackmap, start and end of line information.
Cruise log Chief Scientist's cruise log daily narrative, cruise report information, technician field notes including equipment configuration, and survey line information.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz) Boomer (no data reported)
Echosounder Single Beam (no data reported)
Klein 531 sidescan Sidescan 1
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1994-030-FA-SO-001 Klein 531 sidescan Digital tape(s) of SSS/HUNTEC L1-6, SSS/HUNTEC L7-9, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity