MRDF Mudflows
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PortResearch area
Operating area: Mississippi River Delta Front
Route: Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States → Cocodrie (Louisiana) - United States
Sep 9 – Sep 23, 202214 days at seaactual: departed Sep 9, 2022, arrived Sep 23, 2022
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Project aboard
This project is a continuation of previous data collection activities on the Mississippi River Delta Front and contributes to an ongoing multi-Federal agency effort to evaluate the current surfical extent, event history and impact on seafloor pipelines/platforms of mudflows in Mississippi Delta region. These data will provide the essential framework for future sampling, modeling and monitoring activities.
People aboard
- Jason Chaytor · Principal investigator
Party size: 12
Estimated vacant berths: 4
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Meteorological Data
- Echosounder, 3.5kHz CHIRP
Science party brings
- Science-provided vans
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code Chaytor · MFP reference 21/881 · synced Sep 24, 2026