Field Activity 2008-028-FA

Identifier 2008-028-FA
Alternate names G-28-08-MI
Purpose Participate in coastal geophysical survey in Mississippi Sound.
Location Gulf Islands National Seashore, Biloxi, Mississippi, Mississippi Sound, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Conducted bathymetric and seismic survey around Gulf Islands National Seashore.
Info derived Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Chuck Worley, Electronics Technician. Project = Geologic Frameworth of Eastern Louisiana, Geologic Frameworth of Eastern Louisiana
Platform
G.K. Gilbert
40'
Itinerary
Start Biloxi, MS 2008-07-07
End Biloxi, MS 2008-07-23
Days in the field 16
Bounds
West -89.0833
East -88.33333
North 30.33333
South 30.16667

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Charles R Worley
Crew members
Charles R Worley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
PARTNER,
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Jim Flocks, USGS St. Pete
Affiliate staff Jim Flocks, USGS-St. Pete; Dana Wiese, USGS-St. Pete

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sub Bottom Profiler, Interferometric, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Interferometric 2
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Sub Bottom Profiler 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2008-028-FA-BA-001 SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz SeaSwath bathymetry data PARTNER
2008-028-FA-SO-001 SEA SWATHplus-H 468 kHz Sonar data: collected via bathymetry instrumentation. PARTNER
2008-028-FA-SE-001 Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Benthos 512i data PARTNER

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity