MRDF Mudflows
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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
Oct
Nov
Pelican
Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
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
