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Field Activity Details for field activity 1985-045-FA

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Other ID: LASER 2

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, Shea Penland - LGS

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Seismic survey.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1985-06-26

End Date: 1985-07-04

Equipment Used: Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: DataSonics 3.5: Lines L29-L112; GeoPulse/EG&G: Lines L29-L112.

Staff: James C. McFarlen, John West

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: No cruise report; information derived from seismic analog tape log.

Location:

Louisiana continental shelf, Louisiana, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.25685 South: 28.53627 West: -93.6266 East: -88.26416

Platform(s):

photo of R J Russell
R J Russell

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Geophysics log (document not focused on specific equipment) Watchstander's log describing seismic line and tape start and end times and comments.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C --- Navigation
1985-045-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV, )
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1985-045-FA-SE-001 (analog tape of seismic data)

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