Other ID: LACOSS II 12/82
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): John West
Affiliate Investigator(s): John Suter - Louisiana St. Univ.
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution seismic profiling along Isles Dernieres and Grand Isle to map geology and survey sand resources for Louisiana Geological Survey.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Cocodrie, LA
End Port/Location: Grand Isle, LA
Start Date: 1982-12-05
End Date: 1982-12-17
Equipment Used: Loran-C, Single channel hydrophone, Boomer
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Original ORE boomer records in USGS-St. Petersburg, FL center. ORE Boomer: 480 km (Lines R1-R3, D4-D42, G1-G20).
Staff: John West
Affiliate Staff:
Doug Owen - Geologist
Minerals Management Service; Shea Penland - Geologist
Louisiana Geological Survey; John Suter - Geologist
Louisiana State University; Wilton Delaum - Deckhand
LUMCON
Notes: Original Center People field contained: John West - ET, USGS-Corpus Christi/Minerals Management Service.
Project = Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey, Louisiana Cooperative Sand Survey
Location:
Louisiana Shelf, Isles Dernieres, Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 29.31540748 | South: 28.95982165 | West: -91.00769338 | East: -89.69905807 |
Platform(s):
R J Russell |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel and data acquired. Also includes NOAA cruise inventory sheets. |
Geophysics log | Boomer | Watchstander's seismic log describing ORE boomer, NorthStar 6000 Loran and Morrow Plot, equipment settings, starts and ends of lines, tapes, equipment performance, data acquisition notes. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1982-039-FA-LN-001-01 (Navigation File (1 of 2 txt files) Rescued navigation file from 5-minute-fix plot file with latitude, longitude and time annotation; Dec. 5, 1900, 1982 - Dec. 9, 2010, 1982.) 1982-039-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, ) 1982-039-FA-LN-001-02 (Navigation file (2 of 2 txt files) Rescued navigation file from 5-minute-fix plot file with latitude, longitude and time annotation; Dec. 12, 1300, 1982 - Dec. 17, 1217, 1982.) |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1982-039-FA-SE-002 (analog tape of seismic data) 1982-039-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( UNI) for lines ) |
Boomer | --- | Boomer |