| Alternate number: | 85 Leg 3A |
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| Platform: | 
FARNELLA |
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| Submersible: | |
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| Owner-Operator: | J. Marr and Son, Hull, England |
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| Captain: | Roy Hadgraft - J. Marr, Capt. |
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| Center Principal: | Dave Twichell |
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Affiliate Principal
(if any): | Lindsay Parson - British Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS) |
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| Area of Operations: | eastern Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic |
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| Bounding Coordinates | |
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| North: | 29.25 |
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| South: | 23.75 |
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| West: | -89. |
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| East: | -82. |
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| Start and End Dates: | October 2, 1985 to October 22, 1985 |
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| Start and End Ports: | from Tampa, FL to Key West, FL |
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| Days at Sea: | 20 |
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| Project Number: | |
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| Project Title: | GLORIA Gulf of Mexico EEZ Survey 1985 |
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| Cruise Funding Source: | USGS, IOS |
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| Contract: | |
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| Type of Activity: | |
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| Objectives: | Long-range sidescan sonar survey of the Gulf of Mexico using the GLORIA system. |
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| Information to be derived: | |
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| Data Types (and Media) Produced: | GLORIA SSS, airgun, 3.5 kHz, 10 kHz, and magnetometer data. |
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Scientific Party
(USGS): | Dave Twichell - Ch. Sci., Robert Commeau - geologist, Steve Mateus - geologist, Page Page Valentine - geologist |
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Scientific Party
(affiliate): | Charles Paull - geologist, Scripps; Kim Benjamin - engineer, WHOI; Derek Bishop - GLORIA engineer,IOS; Lindsay Parson - co-Ch. Sci., IOS; Robin Bonner - airgun tech, IOS; Jon Campbell - GLORIA engineer, IOS; Andrew Harris - GLORIA engineer, IOS; Colin Jacobs - geologist, IOS; Doriel Jones - shipboard computing, RVS; Derek Lewis - shipboard computing, RVS |
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| Data Curator: | |
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| Scientific Equipment: |
GLORIA SSS system, airgun system, 3.5 kHz profiler, 10 kHz profiler, magnetometer |
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| Navigation techniques used: | Loran-C, sat. recv., GPS |
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| Summary of Results: | GLORIA SSS: 6,557 km; 10 kHz: 6,734 km; 3.5 kHz: 6,738 km; Airgun: 6,578 km; Magnetometer: 6,712 km. |
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| Number of Stations Occupied: | |
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| Station Description: | |
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| Number of Submersible Dives: | |
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| Continuous Data (in Km): | 6,741 |
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| Seismic Line Descriptions: | |
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| Track Plot: | http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/~nancy/tracks/85track/frl85-3a.gif |
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| Related Web Sites: | |
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| Remarks: | |
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| Contact: | Dave Twichell (dtwichell@usgs.gov) |
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Report Date: 14:29 1/7/2002 | |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
