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Field Activity Details for field activity 1970-001-FA

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Other ID: DSDP Leg 10; CORPUS 9

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Kendall Dickenson

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX

End Port/Location: Miami, FL

Start Date: 1970-02-13

End Date: 1970-04-05

Equipment Used: Grab sampler, Loran-C, Rotary core

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: DSDP drill holes #85-97.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
J. Lamar Worzel - LDGO
Co-Chief Sci.; William Bryant - Texas A&M
Co-Chief Sci.

Notes: Project = Deep Sea Drilling Project, Deep Sea Drilling Project

Location:

Sigsbee Abyssal Plain, U.S. continental shelf, Sigsbee Scarp, Vera Cruz Gap, Campeche Scarp, Yucatan Shelf, Catoche Tongue, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 26.15979457 South: 20.52307375 West: -95.99803323 East: -83.93554688

Platform(s):

photo of Glomar Challenger
Glomar Challenger

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise Report (document not focused on specific equipment) Minimal information.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Loran-C --- Navigation
1970-001-FA-LN-001 (station locations)
Rotary core --- Geology
1970-001-FA-SC-001 (Core descriptions)

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