1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity A197GM

Identifier A197GM
Alternate names A-1-97-GM,OA-1-97-GM
Purpose Test cruise.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Jim Gardner. Multibeam Sonar data (multibeam, GPS, integratednavigation) of field activity A-1-97-GM in Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico from 12/12/1997 to 12/17/1997
Location Gulf of Mexico
Summary Completed survey and processed bathymetry and backscatter data of Stetson Bank, West Flower Gardens, and East Flower Gardens, within the Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary, Gulf of Mexico.
Info derived Bathymetry, backscatter, slope, sediment volumes, interpreted geology, etc
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief
Projects
Platform
Ocean Alert
Itinerary
Start New Orleans, LA 1997-12-12
End Oahu, HW 1997-12-17
Bounds
West -94.3333
East -91.55
North 28.36667
South 27.78333
Activity Multibeam Sonar

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Gardner, Jim
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Peter Dartnell
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Art Kleiner (C&C Technologies) - Party Chief

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Multibeam, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
integratednavigation Navigation (no data reported)
multibeam Multibeam (no data reported)
sidescansonar Sidescan 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
sidescan sidescansonar data on FAD Carol A Reiss

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity