Si_Isotope
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Operating area: Gulf of Mexico Louisiana Shelf: inshore of the 50 m isobath and the western side of the Mississippi River delta to ~75 nautical miles west. Diameter ~100nm.
Route: Houma (Louisiana) - United States → Houma (Louisiana) - United States
May 4 – May 14, 20279 days at sea
Apr 2027
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Pelican
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Si_Isotope — Gulf of Mexico Louisiana Shelf: inshore of the 50 m isobath and the western side of the Mississippi River delta to ~75 nautical miles west. Diameter ~100nm.LoTSHMiR 2027 Spring — Louisiana-Texas continental shelf regionMD RTMM SV Deployment 2027 — US GoM, Approx. 130 nm SE of Cocodrie, LA
Project aboard
We will be conducting sediment coring and hydrocast surveys, and running experiments using radioisotope on the Louisiana Shelf in late summer/fall 2026 and spring 2027.
People aboard
- Jeffrey Krause · Principal investigator
Party size: 13
Estimated vacant berths: 3
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Underway Seawater System
- Meteorological Data
- Echosounder, 12kHz
- ADCP/UHDAS – range < 30m (e.g. 600kHz-1200kHz)
- ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- Sediment Core
- Portable Laboratory Van(s) - NSF Van Pool
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code Krause · MFP reference 25/5739 · synced Sep 24, 2026