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Field Activity Details for field activity 1969-003-FA

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Other ID: 939009, Phase I Leg B; K-1-69-GM; CORPUS 5

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Louis E. Garrison

Affiliate Investigator(s): Robert H. Fedden - NAVOCEANO

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: USGS-NAVOCEANO Co-op. seismics and coring.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

End Port/Location: Veracruz, Mexico

Start Date: 1969-02-04

End Date: 1969-02-25

Equipment Used: 3.5 kHz, Loran-A, Loran-C, Omega navigation, Sextant, Sparker , Single channel hydrophone, Echosounder

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Daily Log #5; Geophysics - 160 K seismics.

Staff: Louis E. Garrison, Harold L. Krivoy

Affiliate Staff:
NAVOCEANO: Robert H. Fedden - Ch. Sci. (9310)
Hank Enminger (9310)
Herb Eppert (9310)
Ken Olsen - proj. ch. KANE engineering
Carl Nellius - PST
Keith Kaufman - PST
Bill Curtis - oceanographer
Ernie Walters - ET
Gary Gilbert - oceanographer
Tom Hammond - Ch. ET
Jim Daniels - ET
Vic Yorke - math
John Sterrit - math
Dan Fraley - comp/ET
Dave Rigor - navigation
Bob Coulter - navigation
Dave Trafacanti - ET; Ray Estrellas - Teledyne; Menlo Park: Pat Patrick

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Corpus Christi: Louis Garrison, Harold Krivoy; Menlo Park: Pat Patrick.
Project = USGS-NAVOCEANO, USGS-NAVOCEANO

Location:

western Gulf of Mexico, United States, Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 28.46 South: 18.87 West: -97.57 East: -84.575

Platform(s):

photo of Elisha Kane
Elisha Kane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise log (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel activities, etc.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Loran-A --- Navigation
Loran-C --- Navigation
1969-003-FA-LN-002 (Navigation data in InfoBank)
1969-003-FA-LN-001 (Trackchart image. Includes tracks from cruises A, B, C and D.)
Omega navigation --- Navigation
Sextant --- Navigation
Sparker --- Sparker
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1969-003-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data)
1969-003-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( SPK) for lines )
Echosounder --- Single Beam
1969-003-FA-BA-001 (Bathymetric data in InfoBank)
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy

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