Field Activity R187AN

Identifier R187AN
Alternate names R-1-87-AN
Purpose Bathymetric and seismic reflection investigation.
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,Texas A&M University,Technical University of Denmark,Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Chief Scientists: John Barren, Birger Larsen, Jack Baldauf. Data (3dot5khz, seismic) of field activity R-1-87-AN in Antarctica from 12/19/1987 to 12/29/1987
Location Antarctica
Summary 6568 miles of seismic data.
Info derived Bathymetric and seismic reflection profiles.
Comments Scripps Institution of Oceanography, ODP leg 119 see also R188AN. This cruise broken into R187AN and R188AN Staff information imported from InfoBank John Barron (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Birger Larsen (Technical University Of Denmark) - Chief Scientist Jack Baldauf (Texas A&M University) - Chief Scientist
Projects
Platform
Joides Resolution
470 feet
Itinerary
Start Pt. Louis, Mauritius 1987-12-19
End Prydz Bay, Antarctica 1987-12-29
Bounds
West 57.679
East 73.09183
North -22.32399
South -50.27161

Personnel

Organization
Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca
La Jolla, CA
Organization
Technical University of Denmark
Organization
Texas A&M University
Galveston, TX
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Barron, John
Crew members
Affiliate principal Birger Larsen (Technical University Of Denmark),Jack Baldauf (Texas A&M University)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
12khz Single Beam (no data reported)
seismic Sub Bottom Profiler 13
magnetometer Magnetics 3
navigation Navigation 3
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 2

Datasets

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity