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Field Activity Details for field activity 1969-005-FA

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Other ID: 939009, Phase I Leg D; K-3-69-GM

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Louis E. Garrison

Affiliate Investigator(s): Herb Eppert - NAVOCEANO

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX

End Port/Location: New Orleans, LA

Start Date: 1969-03-29

End Date: 1969-04-22

Equipment Used: Air gun, Loran-A, Loran-C, Omega navigation, Magnavox satellite positioning system, Sextant, Sparker , Single channel hydrophone, Echosounder

Information to be Derived: Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Daily Log #6.

Staff: Louis E. Garrison, Jack Lee

Affiliate Staff:
NAVOCEANO: Herb Eppert - Ch. Sci.
Jack Walker - 9310
Rusty Massengill - 9310
Frank ? - ET
Ernie Walters - ET
Bill Stevens - PST
Dave Rigor - Nav.
Sam Walker - Nav.
Bill Morton - 9310
Bob Bergantino - 9310
Tom Hammon - Ch. ET
Henry Philips - ET
Henry ? - ET
Jim Brown - ET
Bill Johnson - Nav.
Jerry ? - Nav.; Teledyne: Roy Estrellas
Buddy Smith
Johnny Rowe

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Louis Garrison, Jack Lee (off at Tampa).
Project = USGS-NAVOCEANO, USGS-NAVOCEANO

Location:

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

Boundaries
North: 29.93 South: 20.84 West: -96.62 East: -80.45

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 data collection, equipment notes, ship movement, etc.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Air gun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Loran-A --- Navigation
Loran-C --- Navigation
1969-005-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data in InfoBank)
1969-005-FA-LN-002 (Conglomerate track map for Gulf of Mexico cruises A, B, C and D.)
Omega navigation --- Navigation
Magnavox satellite positioning system --- Navigation
Sextant --- Navigation
Sparker --- Sparker
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1969-005-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data)
1969-005-FA-SE-001 (Collection of paper record displays of seismic data (sparker) for lines D-1 thru D-29.)
1969-005-FA-SE-001-01 (Electronic scans of some paper seismic profiles.)
Echosounder --- Single Beam
1969-005-FA-BA-001 (Bathymetric data in InfoBank)
NGDC MGD77 data

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