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Field Activity Details for field activity 1976-016-FA

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Other ID: FAY 016

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Richard E. Sylwester

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Equipment test cruise.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

End Port/Location: Port Everglades, FL

Start Date: 1976-05-31

End Date: 1976-06-05

Equipment Used: 3.5 kHz, Air gun, SEI streamer with 40 MD5 hydrophones, Geometrics G-856 magnetometer, Loran-C

Information to be Derived: Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Airguns and gradiometer gave good results. 3.5 kHz system periodically lost the bottom. Teledyne sparker failed to arrive before departure; will be tested on a later leg.

Staff: Perry Parks, Richard E. Sylwester

Affiliate Staff:
1 unspecified technician

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Richard Sylwester - Ch. Sci., seismic systems; Perry Parks - gravity system; 4 other USGS cruise participants.

Location:

Corpus Christi, Texas, Port Everglades, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 28 South: 24 West: -97.5 East: -80

Platform(s):

photo of Fay
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Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise summary describing ship movement, personnel, and equipment and data acquisition notes.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Air gun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
SEI streamer with 40 MD5 hydrophones --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Geometrics G-856 magnetometer --- Magnetics
1976-016-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of GR, NV, )
Loran-C --- Navigation
1976-016-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 76016)
1976-016-FA-LN-002 (Digital tape(s) of GR, NV, )

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