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Field Activity Details for field activity 1980-033-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Raymond E. Davis

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To compare amplitude, frequency and phase response of USGS OBIP horizontal and vertical geophones as compared to a standard geophone package. A two-mile refraction line will be shot using primacord to permit calibration of our OBIP geophone response and indicate whether anchor redesign is required.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1980-11-19

End Date: 1980-11-21

Equipment Used: Ocean Bottom Instrument Package

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Three one-day trips.

Staff: Raymond E. Davis

Affiliate Staff:
3 divers (WHOI)
Jim Broda (WHOI)
Dick Colburn (WHOI); John Godley (Eliason Data Services)

Notes: Information derived from pre-cruise report; no post-cruise report found.

Location:

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 41.5395 South: 41 West: -70.1255 East: -70

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ocean Bottom Instrument Package --- Ocean Bottom Seismometer

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