Field Activity 1992-037-FA

Identifier 1992-037-FA
Alternate names ERDA-92-4; 92ER4
Purpose Collect continuous, high-resolution seismic reflection profiles in Mississippi Sound.
Location Pascagoula, Mississippi Sound, Biloxi Bay to Mobile Bay, mouth of Horn Island Pass, Mississippi, Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Seismic reflection profiles: 21 lines.
Info derived Sea floor map;
Comments Information from St. Petersburg office. Project = Mississippi/Alabama Pollution Project, Mississippi/Alabama Pollution Project
Related activities
1992-010-FA: Cruise legs
1992-300-FA: Multi-center
Platform
Erda-1
Length 24 feet.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1992-08-16
End (port not specified) 1992-08-20
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -88.8
East -88.1
North 30.2
South 29.2

Personnel

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

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GeoPulse uniboom Boomer (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 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 Single channel hydrophone Linda P McCarthy
92ER4 Annotated Navigation Fixes GPS (wh) Linda P McCarthy

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity