Obtain quasi-synoptic information on the suspended-sediment transport system within the South Texas OCS by obtaining samples of the water column for analyses of sediment texture and concentration, sediment mineralogy and trace metals, water chemistry, and coccoliths to establish temporal variability patterns; obtaining vertical transmittance-temperature profiles to establish regional turbidity patterns; and casting drift bottles to measure surface currents during the cruise period.
Location
Matagorda Bay, Port Isabel, Texas, south Texas outer continental shelf, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
This cruise was the last of 6 scheduled monitoring cruises to evaluate the temporal and spatial variability of turbidity patterns within the south Texas OCS region. The cruises were conducted between November 1975 and May 1977. Stations: 26; Vertical transmittance-temperature profiles: 26; Water samples: 78; Drift bottles: 335.
Info derived
Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Comments
Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Gerald Shideler - Ch. Sci., Bill Allshouse, Ron Circe, Quenton Dokken, Fran Firek, Dee Haines, Neal Lillard, Stan Lindquist, Tim Martin, Cyndi Rice, Charles Stelting, George Wiley.
