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Field Activity A2187LA

Identifier A2187LA
Alternate names ACAD87-2,LG1,87023
Purpose High-resolution seismic survey nearshore and inner shelf of Louisiana, Mississippi and western Alabama east of the Mississippi River delta. Major emphasis is Chandeleur Islands region, LA.
Description United States Geological Survey, St. Petersburg, Florida,United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts,Louisiana Geological Survey. Chief Scientists: Jack Kindinger, John Suter. Geophysical data (Geopulse, 3dot5khz, navigation) of field activity ACAD87-2,LG1 (A-21-87-LA) in Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Gulf of Mexico,North America, North Atlantic from 06/14/1987 to 06/26/1987
Location North Atlantic
Summary 1640 km continuous data. High resolution seismics: Leg1: 600km; Leg2: 440km; Leg3: 600km.
Info derived Shoreline Erosion; Morphology.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Jack Kindinger (USGS St. Petersburg) - Chief Scientist John Suter (June 14, 19, LGS) - Chief Scientist Ken Parolski - USGS Woods Hole Wayne Simoneaux - LUMCON Shea Penland (22, LGS) - June 20 Randolph McBride (22, LGS) - June 20 Steve Anderson (26, LGS) - June 23 Ron Boyd (19, Dalhousie Univ) - June 14 Non USGS data manager = Jeff Williams
Projects
Platform
Acadiana
Length 58 feet
Itinerary
Start Biloxi, LA 1987-06-14
End Biloxi, LA 1987-06-26
Bounds
West -89.3
East -88
North 30.25
South 29
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Organization
Louisiana Geological Survey
, LA
Principal investigators Jack L KindingerSuter, John
Crew members
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
PARTNER,
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Wayne Simoneaux - LUMCON,Shea Penland (22, LGS) - June 20,Randolph McBride (22, LGS) - June 20,Steve Anderson (26, LGS) - June 23,Ron Boyd (19, Dalhousie Univ) - June 14

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Geopulse Boomer (no data reported)
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
navigation Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity