Summary Information for Field Activity 1974-003-FA

Area of Operations: Gulf of Almeria, Alboran Sea, Spain, Mediterranean Sea, Europe, North Atlantic

Dates: May 04, 1974 to May 24, 1974

Chief scientist: Bill Dillon
Jim Robb

Juan Carlos Lucena y Bonny, Jaime A. Garcia-Rodriguez - ENADIMSA

Objectives: Investigate the general structure of the continental margin of southern Spain and the central Alboran Sea via collection of seismic profiles and magnetic data.

Type of Activity: Seismic profiling; Magnetics survey;Magnetics survey

Information to be derived: Magnetic anomaly contour map

Summary: Marine magnetics data and seismic reflection profiles.

Contact: Bill Dillon (bdillon@usgs.gov)
Jim Robb (jrobb@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier P-1-74-ES. Visit this site for more information.

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Platform Info:

POLLUX

Publications resulting from these data

Dillon, W.P., Robb, J.M., Greene, H.G., and Lucena, J.C.,1980, Evolution of the continental margin of southern Spain and the Alboran Sea: Marine Geology, v. 36, no. 3-4: p. 205-226. (Also available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(80)90087-0)

Robb, J.M., Dillon, W.P., Greene, H.G., Lucena y Bonny, J.C., and Garcia-Rodriguez, J.A.,1976, Marine magnetometer measurements, Gulf of Almeria, Spain: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-545, 12 p.. (Available as a PDF version). (Also available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr76545)

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Data Types and Locations:

Geophysics

Gravity and Magnetics data

Navigation

Navigation data

Logs

Seismics