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MRDF Mudflows

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Pelican

Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium · USA

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Research area

Operating area: Mississippi River Delta Front

Route: To be confirmed → To be confirmed


Sep 28 – Oct 8, 202110 days at sea
Sep 2021
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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 · MFP reference 21/551 · synced Sep 24, 2026