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Field Activity Details for field activity 1974-007-FA

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Other ID: CORPUS 21/27

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Gerald L. Shideler

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collection of samples for textural analysis.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1974-08-14

End Date: 1974-08-28

Equipment Used: Shipek grab, Loran-A, Raytheon radar

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Grab samples: 197. No geophysics.

Staff: Michael Dorsey, Ronald J. Miller, Gerald L. Shideler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Mustang Island, Texas, South Texas Inner Continental Shelf, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 28.22051819 South: 26.55385152 West: -97.5826 East: -95.91595968

Platform(s):

photo of Longhorn
Longhorn

Publications

Shideler, G.L., and Berryhill, Henry L., Jr., 1977, Maps showing sea-floor sediment texture on the south Texas inner continental shelf, Corpus Christi Bay to Baffin Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 901, 1 sheet, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf901.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Shipek grab --- Geology
Loran-A --- Navigation
Raytheon radar --- Navigation

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