Other ID: G1-03-GM;TAMU 03-G-4
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Deborah Hutchinson
Affiliate Investigator(s): Pat Hart, CMG-Menlo Park
Information Specialist(s): Seth Ackerman
Data Type(s): Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: (a) To provide site survey information for the two JIP drilling sites/lease blocks (Keathley Canyon 195 and Atwater Valley 14). (b) To tie the new data to regional coverages in the Gulf. (c) To tie the MARION DUFRESNE coring sites into the regional MCS grid. (d) To provide baseline information for selecting targets for the August NRL/DOE Gyre cruise.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Galveston, TX
End Port/Location: Galveston, TX
Start Date: 2003-04-29
End Date: 2003-05-16
Equipment Used: Multichannel seismics, Knudsen 1600 USB 1.2 kW with 2 Massa transducers (3.5 kHz), DGPS
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mob began morning of 4/29, departure 5/1 10:00 p.m., return to Galveston 5/14 8:30 a.m. Demob completed 5/16 morning. UNOLS and TAMU voyage # 03-G-4. See Open-File Report 03-474 (in press) report on Cruise G1-03-GM (InfoBank cruise ID).
Staff: Seth Ackerman, Deborah Hutchinson, Thomas O'Brien, Brandon Dugan
Affiliate Staff:
Other USGS: Pat Hart (Co-Chief); Larry Kooker (ET support); Michael Boyle (MT support); Hal Williams (MT support); Walt Olson (MT support); Jen Doherty (GIS/watch); Lori Hibbeler (Seismic Watch); Ray Sliter (Seismic Processing); Additional on-land Mod/Demob: Fred Payne (transport and mob). Graham Standen (Geoforce Consultants
Huntec technician); Erika Geresi (U. Miss
seismic processing); Mary Jo Barkaszi (ECOES
Marine Mammal Observer); Richard Holt (ECOES
Marine Mammal Observer)
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Sea-going: Debbie Hutchinson (Co-Chief); Pat Hart (Co-Chief); Tom O'Brien (ET support); Larry Kooker (ET support); Michael Boyle (MT support); Hal Williams (MT support); Walt Olson (MT support); Brandon Dugan (PostDoc/watch); Seth Ackerman (GIS/Watch); Jen Doherty (GIS/watch); Lori Hibbeler (Seismic Watch); Ray Sliter (Seismic Processing); Additional on-land Mod/Demob: Fred Payne (transport and mob).
Project = USGS Gas Hydrates, USGS Gas Hydrates
Location:
North Central Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 28.63703347 | South: 26.60926626 | West: -93.52902913 | East: -89.14121788 |
Platform(s):
Gyre |
Hutchinson, D.R., Hart, P.E., Collett, T.S., Edwards, K.M., Twichell, D.C., and Snyder, F., 2008, Geologic framework of the 2005 Keathley Canyon gas hydrate research well, northern Gulf of Mexico: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 25 no. 9, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.01.012.
Hutchinson, D.R., and Hart, P.E., 2004, Cruise report for G1-03-GM, USGS gas hydrates cruise, R/V GYRE, 1-14 May 2003, northern Gulf of Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003-474, 103 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr03474.
Ruppel, C., Boswell, R., and Jones, E., 2008, Scientific results from Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrates Joint Industry Project Leg 1 drilling; introduction and overview: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 25 no. 9, doi: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.02.007.
Twichell, D.C. Cross, V.A., Paskevich, V.F., Hutchinson, D.R., Winters, W.J., and Hart, P.E., 2006, GIS of selected geophysical and core data in the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope collected by the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1071, DVD-ROM, also available from https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051071.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Multichannel seismics | --- | Multichannel | |
Knudsen 1600 USB 1.2 kW with 2 Massa transducers (3.5 kHz) | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
DGPS | --- | Navigation |