Field Activity K169GM

Identifier K169GM
Alternate names Kane_B939009,
Purpose Study of the geophysics, bottom sediments, and hydrography of the Gulf of Mexico.
Location Gulf of Mexico
Summary Daily Log #5; Geophysics - 160 K seismics.
Info derived Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;
Comments Staff from InfoBank: Louis Garrison Chief Scientist, USGS Corpus Christi Robert H. Fedden Chief Scientist, NVO Henry Berryhill Scientist, USGS Harry Hill Scientist, USGS Western Region Jack Lee Scientist, USGS Western Region Mike Marlow Scientist, USGS Western Region Bob Patrick Scientist, USGS Western Region Dave Scholl Scientist, USGS Western Region Dick Tagg Scientist, USGS Western Region
Platform
Elisha Kane
Length 285 feet 3 inches; beam 48 feet; draft 15 feet.
Itinerary
Start Corpus Christi, TX 1969-02-04
End Veracruz, Mexico 1969-02-25
Bounds
West -98.9209
East -84.296875
North 32.06395559
South 17.65970333

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Asuncion, George
Crew members
Affiliate principal Louis Garrison. Robert Fedden

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sparker, Single Beam, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sparker Sparker (no data reported)
LoranC Navigation 1
sextant Navigation (no data reported)
sparker Sparker 1
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Integrated navigation (SINS) data LoranC provisional best Carol A Reiss
microfilm sparker 35 mm microfilm incl. sparker Carol A Reiss
analog holdings 3.5khz singlechannel arcer, fathometer, magnetics, logsheets Carol A Reiss

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity