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High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-003-FA

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Baldwin, W.E., Ackerman, S.D., Worley, C.R., Danforth, W.W., and Chaytor, J.D, 2018, High-resolution geophysical data collected along the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2017-003-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X929K6.

Summary

High resolution bathymetric, sea-floor backscatter, and seismic-reflection data were collected offshore of southeastern Louisiana aboard the research vessel Point Sur on May 19-26, 2017, in an effort to characterize mudflow hazards on the Mississippi River Delta front. As the initial field program of a research cooperative between the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and other Federal and academic partners, the primary objective of this cruise was to assess the suitability of sea-floor mapping and shallow subsurface imaging tools in the challenging environmental conditions found across delta fronts (for example, variably distributed water column stratification and widespread biogenic gas in the shallow [...]

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Contacts

Contact :
Wayne E Baldwin
Author :
Wayne E Baldwin, Seth Ackerman, Charles R Worley, William W Danforth, Jason Chaytor
Principal Investigator :
Jason Chaytor
USGS Program :
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Natural Hazards

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This report presents processed navigation, imagery, and metadata for high-resolution geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey - Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center across portions of the Mississippi River Delta front offshore of southeastern Louisiana aboard the research vessel Point Sur from May 19-26, 2017.
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release
Browse collage for 2017-003-FA data release

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F7X929K6

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