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Field Activity Details for field activity 1992-003-FA

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Other ID: ERDA-92-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jack Kindinger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct high-resolution single-channel seismics survey of Lake Calcasieu, Louisiana.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Duval Barge Docks, Sulphur, LA

End Port/Location: Duval Barge Docks, Sulphur, LA

Start Date: 1992-04-20

End Date: 1992-05-01

Equipment Used: Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz), Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer, GPS (wh), Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Dana Wiese
USGS-St. Petersberg; Scott Nichol - Dalhousie University

Notes:
Project = West Louisiana/Upper Texas Coastal Land Loss Study, West Louisiana/Upper Texas Coastal Land Loss Study

Location:

Lake Calcasieu, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.10922 South: 29.70714 West: -93.5405 East: -93.12836

Platform(s):

photo of Erda-1
Erda-1

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, trackmap.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz) --- Boomer
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Sparker
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Loran-C --- Navigation

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