Other ID: UGEO Leg 5; CORPUS 20
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): John S. Schlee
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: The objectives of the geophysical and geological studies were to investigate the structural-stratigraphic framework of the continental margin adjacent to Liberia; to determine the nature of the transition from the pre-Cambrian shield area on land to the ocean floor; and to determine how deep sea fracture zones of the Atlantic Ocean tie to the continental shelf and to the continental geology of Africa. The cruise was divided into two main parts, geophysical profiling along the Liberian continental margin the first 17 days and dredging plus profiling the remaining 5 days of the cruise.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Monrovia, Liberia
End Port/Location: Monrovia, Liberia
Start Date: 1971-10-29
End Date: 1971-11-20
Equipment Used: Single channel hydrophone, Sparker , 3.5 kHz, Marine magnetometer, Gravity meter (wh), Seismic refraction, Dredge, ITT 4007 satellite navigation, Decca radar system
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: With only shipboard examination of data, our results are preliminary and sketchy. 1. Pronounced magnetic anomalies on inner shelf are probably the seaward continuation of diabase intrusives on land, detected in aeromagnetic survey published by Behrendt and Wotorson. 2. A progradation of the shelf and slope along the central third of the Liberian continental margin. 3. Presence of a submarine canyon oblique to the coast off Cape Palmas. The same area is marked by steepened eroded slope, crumpling and faulting of strata, and marked gravity and magnetic anomalies. 4. A thick section of sedimentary rocks beneath much of the outer continental shelf, capped by gently dipping Pleistocene (?) terrace deposits at the shelf break. Sparker and 3.5 kHz profiles: 5400 km (37 tracklines); Sonobuoy refraction profiles: 5; Dredge stations: 7 (chain broke on last station, sample lost, dredge recovered); Magnetics; Gravity.
Staff: John S. Schlee, James M. Robb, Charles J. O'Hara, Frank W. Jennings
Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Denver: John Behrendt - geophysicist; USGS-Corpus Christi: Ray Martin - geologist; USGS-Menlo Park: James Pearl - Phys. Sci. Tech.
William Todd - Phys. Sci. Tech.
Harry Hill - ET
James Nicholson - ET; Liberian Geological Survey
Monrovia: Jenkins Dunbar - geologist; Spanish Institute of Geology and Mines of Spain
Madrid: Jaime Garcia-Rodriguez - geologist
Notes: Original Center People field contained: John Schlee - Ch. Sci.; James Robb - geologist; Charles O'Hara - geologist; Frank Jennings - ET.
Project = International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE), International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE)
Location:
Liberian continental margin, Liberia, Africa, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 7 | South: 3 | West: -12.5 | East: -7 |
Platform(s):
United Geo I |
Schlee, J.S., 1972, Acoustic reflection profiles, Liberian continental margin, International Decade of Ocean Exploration, Leg 5, 1971 cruise, UNITEDGEO I: , USGS-GD-72-006, PB-209-871. 30 p. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70121220.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report of data collection and equipment notes, ship movement, personnel, data tabulations, etc. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1971-005-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( SONO) for lines ) 1971-005-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) |
Sparker | --- | Sparker | |
3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1971-005-FA-BA-001 (Bathymetric data in InfoBank) NGDC MGD77 data |
Marine magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | 1971-005-FA-GP-001 (Magnetics in InfoBank) NGDC MGD77 data |
Gravity meter (wh) | --- | Gravity | 1971-005-FA-GP-002 (Gravity in InfoBank) NGDC MGD77 data |
Seismic refraction | --- | Sonobuoy | |
Dredge | --- | Biology Geology | |
ITT 4007 satellite navigation | --- | Navigation | 1971-005-FA-LN-001-01 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 71005) 1971-005-FA-LN-002 (Navigation data in InfoBank) |
Decca radar system | --- | Navigation |