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Field Activity Details for field activity 1976-015-FA

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Other ID: FAY 015

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald J. Miller, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: General objectives were to obtain quasi-synoptic information on suspended-sediment transport within the South Texas OCS. Specific objectives: 1. obtain water column samples for textural analysis and water chemistry to establish seasonal textural patterns; 2. obtain vertical transmittance-temperature profiles to establish seasonal turbidity patterns; 3. drift bottle casts to measure surface currents during the cruise period; 4. Phleger cores for clay analysis; and 5. hydrocarbon cores.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

End Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Start Date: 1976-05-21

End Date: 1976-05-25

Equipment Used: Martek Transmissometer, Camera- deep sea, Magnavox satellite positioning system

Information to be Derived: Time series data; Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Stations: 26; Water samples: 78 (3 per station - surface, mid-depth, bottom); Vertical transmittance-temperature profiles: 26; Phleger cores: 26; Hydrocarbon cores: 2; Drift bottle casts: 190; Minisparker profiles: 90 km.

Staff: Steven Barnes, Frances Firek, Neal Lillard, Stanley Lindquist, Ronald J. Miller, Kenneth F. Parolski, Cynthia Rice, Robert Vitaglione, George Wiley, Betty Willingham

Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Corpus Christi: Bill Buendel
Tim Martin; Western Geophysical: Paul Bereznak

Notes: This cruise was the last of three cruises to evaluate seasonal variability of suspended sediment transport patterns within the South Texas OCS region. Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Ronald Miller - Ch. Sci., Stan Lindquist - PST/geochemistry, Frances Firek - geologist/sedimentology, Bob Vitaglione - tech., Betty Willingham - PST/sedimentology, Cyndi Rice - PST/geochemistry, Neal Lillard, Bill Buendel, Tim Martin, George Wiley - tech., Steven Barnes - geochemist; Woods Hole: Kenneth Parolski - elec. tech.

Location:

South Texas outer continental shelf, Matagorda Bay, Port Isabel, Texas, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 28.5 South: 26 West: -97.15 East: -95.95

Platform(s):

photo of Fay
Fay

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Cruise Report (pdf file) Chief Scientist's cruise report describing ship movement, personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, track map depicting suspended sediment sample and core locations, and derivative publications.
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Manual for successive Fay cruises conducted between March and June 1976 in the Gulf of Mexico including daily log of ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel, track maps. Very extensive report including figures of data with explanations. Includes information for the following field activities: 1976-004-FA, 1976-005-FA, 1976-007-FA, 1976-011-FA, 1976-013-FA, 1976-015-FA.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Martek Transmissometer --- Temperature
Turbidity
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
1976-015-FA-PH-001 (film collection of TRIPOD 112; 19760522-19760524)
Magnavox satellite positioning system --- Navigation

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