Field Activity S179MX

Identifier S179MX
Alternate names S-1-79-MX
Description Chief Scientists: Jim Gardner, Walter Dean. Geophysical data (RhoRho, transitsatellite, integratednavigation, 3dot5khz, 12khz, magnetics, sparker, underwatertelevision, underwatercamera, gravity, tempsalinometer, gravitycore, pistoncore, chaindredge, VanVeengrab, Soutargrab, expendablebatthermograph, freefallgrab, airgun) of field activity S-1-79-MX in Baja, Mexico from 03/10/1979 to 04/03/1979
Location Mexico
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator David Cury (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Dave Klise (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Don Reed (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist Doug MacPherson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate George Harrach (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Glen Barker (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician Gordon Tanner (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician Hank Ohlen (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Jeff Rupert (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician Margaret Goud (USGS Western Region) - Navigator Neal Barnes (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Richard Heagney - Ship Captain Robert Ingersoll (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer Roger Anderson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Walter Dean (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Platform
Sea Sounder
Itinerary
Start San Diego, CA 1979-03-10
End San Diego, CA 1979-04-03
Bounds
West -118.095
East -116.40738
North 32.61835
South 16.19209
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Principal investigators Dean, WalterGardner, Jim
Crew members
Carol A Madison
Scientist, Staff
Anderson, Roger
Scientist, Staff
Barker, Glen
Scientist, Staff
Barnes, Neal
Scientist, Staff
Cury, David
Scientist, Staff
Goud, Margaret
Scientist, Staff
Harrach, George
Scientist, Staff
Ingersoll, Robert
Scientist, Staff
Klise, Dave
Scientist, Staff
MacPherson, Doug
Scientist, Staff
Ohlen, Hank
Scientist, Staff
Rupert, Jeff
Scientist, Staff
Reed, Don
Scientist, Staff
Saladin, John
Scientist, Staff
Tanner, Gordon
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Richard Heagney - Ship Captain

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Gravity, Magnetics, Conductivity, Temperature, Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
RhoRho Navigation (no data reported)
transitsatellite Navigation 2
integratednavigation Navigation 5
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
12khz Single Beam 5
magnetics Magnetics 5
sparker Sparker (no data reported)
underwatertelevision Video 1
underwatercamera Photo 1
gravity Gravity 4
tempsalinometer Conductivity, Temperature 1
gravitycore Geology 8
pistoncore Geology 5
chaindredge Geology 5
VanVeengrab Geology (no data reported)
Soutargrab Geology 2
expendablebatthermograph Temperature 1
freefallgrab Geology 2
radar Navigation 1
airgun Air Gun / Water Gun 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Satellite data s-1-79-mx.000 transitsatellite Jim Gardner
Survey information transitsatellite Jim Gardner
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format integratednavigation Jim Gardner
Dead reckoning data s-1-79-mx.010 integratednavigation Provisional best file Jim Gardner
Dead reckoning data s-1-79-mx.010_degree integratednavigation Jim Gardner
Lines integratednavigation Jim Gardner
Survey information integratednavigation Jim Gardner
Survey information 3.5khz Jim Gardner
Edited bathymetry data s-1-79-mx.335 12khz Jim Gardner
Edited bathymetry data s-1-79-mx.335_010 12khz Provisional best file Jim Gardner
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy 12khz Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Survey information 12khz Jim Gardner
Tape list 12khz Jim Gardner
Edited magnetics data s-1-79-mx.220_010 magnetics Provisional best file Jim Gardner
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics magnetics Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Raw magnetics data s-1-79-mx.200 magnetics Jim Gardner
Raw magnetics data s-1-79-mx.200_010 magnetics Jim Gardner
Survey information magnetics Jim Gardner
Survey information underwatertelevision Jim Gardner
Station Information underwatercamera Jim Gardner
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity gravity Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Raw gravity data from analog meter s-1-79-mx.111 gravity Jim Gardner
Raw gravity data from analog meter s-1-79-mx.111_010 gravity Provisional best file Jim Gardner
Survey information gravity Jim Gardner
Station Information tempsalinometer Jim Gardner
g1 gravitycore Jim Gardner
g2 gravitycore Jim Gardner
g3 gravitycore Jim Gardner
g4 gravitycore Jim Gardner
g5 gravitycore Jim Gardner
g6 gravitycore Jim Gardner
Station Information gravitycore Jim Gardner
Station log gravitycore Jim Gardner
p1 pistoncore Jim Gardner
p2 pistoncore Jim Gardner
p3-1 pistoncore Jim Gardner
p3-2 pistoncore Jim Gardner
Station Information pistoncore Jim Gardner
d3 chaindredge Jim Gardner
d4 chaindredge Jim Gardner
d5 chaindredge Jim Gardner
d6 chaindredge Jim Gardner
Station Information chaindredge Jim Gardner
Station Information Soutargrab Jim Gardner
v2 Soutargrab Jim Gardner
Station Information expendablebatthermograph Jim Gardner
p3-tw freefallgrab Jim Gardner
Station Information freefallgrab Jim Gardner
Survey information radar Jim Gardner
Survey information airgun Jim Gardner

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity