1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1992-010-FA

Identifier 1992-010-FA
Alternate names ERDA-92-2; 92ER2
Purpose Conduct high-resolution single-channel seismics survey of Lake Pontchartrain and central Mississippi Sound.
Location Lake Pontchartrain, Mississippi Sound, Louisiana, Waveland, Pascagoula, Mississippi, Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico), United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Seismic reflection profiles: 19 lines.
Comments Project = Mississippi/Alabama Pollution Project, Geologic Framework, Mississippi/Alabama Pollution Project, Geologic Framework
Related activities
1992-037-FA: Cruise legs
1992-300-FA: Multi-center
Platform
Erda-1
Length 24 feet.
Itinerary
Start Biloxi, MS 1992-06-12
End Biloxi, MS 1992-06-18
Days in the field 6
Bounds
West -90
East -88.4
North 30.4
South 30.1

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jack L Kindinger
Crew members
Affiliate staff Dana Wiese, USGS-St. Petersberg; Jack Moody

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sparker, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz) Boomer (no data reported)
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker 1
GPS (wh) Navigation 1
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Boomer seismic data Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Linda P McCarthy
92ER2 Annotated Navigation Fixes GPS (wh) Linda P McCarthy