Other ID: ENTR93-1; GC-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): N. Terence Edgar
Affiliate Investigator(s): Blaine Cecil - BCG, Reston
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Identify best locations for drilling for climate change in low latitudes and analogues for ancient stratigraphy in tropical, epicontinental seas and conditions favorable for energy resource formation.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Karumba, Queensland, Australia
End Port/Location: Karumba, Queensland, Australia
Start Date: 1993-12-08
End Date: 1994-01-03
Equipment Used: Air gun, Water gun (wh), Seismic Engineering streamer, Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer, GPS (wh)
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: David Nichols, Thomas O'Brien, N. Terence Edgar
Affiliate Staff:
Blaine Cecil (BCG) - co-chief scientist; Muriel Grim (Reston) - data management; Jim Neale (Australian National Univ.) - sampling
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Terry Edgar (BAMG) - co-chief scientist; Tommy O'Brien - data processing; Dave Nichols - seismic systems.
Project = Gulf of Carpentaria, Gulf of Carpentaria
Location:
Gulf of Carpentaria, Arafura Sea, Australia, Indian Ocean;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: -10 | South: -17.5 | West: 136.5 | East: 142.25 |
Platform(s):
Marxwell Enterprise |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, station location and description, trackmap, seismic line lists and tapes. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| Water gun (wh) | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| Seismic Engineering streamer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Sparker | |
| Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Sparker | 1993-029-FA-SE-004 (DVD ROM disk of WATER, AIRGUN NAV LOGS SEG-Y, WATER, AIRGUN NAV LOGS SEG-Y, ) 1993-029-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of ) 1993-029-FA-SE-002 (Digital tape(s) of H2O L1-6, H2O L6-13, H2O L14, H2O L14-15, H2O L16-17, H2O L18-22, H2O/AIR L23-24, AIR L25-26, AIR L10,26, ) 1993-029-FA-SE-003 (Digital tape(s) of H2O L1-6, H2O L6-13, H2O L14, H2O L14-15, H2O L16-17, H2O L18-22, H2O/AIR L23-24, AIR L25-26, AIR L10,26, ) |
| GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | 1993-029-FA-LN-001-01 (Cruise trackmap.) 1993-029-FA-LN-001-02 (Navigation file in degrees decimal minutes for every five-minute fix.) |
