Compressed air blasts would stretch from Gulf Shores to Dauphin Island
Thursday, February 14, 2008
By BEN RAINES
Staff Reporter An oil exploration company has applied for permission to conduct a 400-square-mile undersea seismic survey in Gulf waters from Gulf Shores to the west end of Dauphin Island.
The survey area includes the mouth of Mobile Bay and coastal waters from the shoreline to 14 miles offshore, including shallow, nearshore waters.
More than 200,000 blasts of compressed air from 36 high-pressure air guns at a time will yield a picture of what lies beneath the seafloor, down to a depth of 31 miles, according to the application.
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