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Field Activity Details for field activity 1990-029-FA

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Other ID: Asterias 90-8-13

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Deborah Hutchinson

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: A qualitative test of overall instrument performance of the USGS OBS and WHOI OBH, including mechanical and electronic components (i.e., full instrument deployment and recovery; recording of small shots at different azimuths and distances).

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA

Start Date: 1990-08-13

End Date: 1990-08-13

Equipment Used: Northstar 6000 LORAN-C, Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Deborah Hutchinson, Marinna Martini, Gregory Miller

Affiliate Staff:
WHOI: Beecher Wooding
Ken Peal

Notes:
Project = OBS Development, OBS Development

Location:

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

Boundaries
North: 41.57 South: 41.51 West: -70.75 East: -70.71

Platform(s):

photo of Asterias
Asterias

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, purpose, tabulated information, OBH and OBS deployment locations and shot information. Also has a map of deployment locations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Northstar 6000 LORAN-C --- Navigation
1990-029-FA-NL-001 (Chief Scientist's cruise report with ship movement, personnel, OBS and OBH equipment notes, shot times and locations, and trackmap. )
Ocean Bottom SeismometerTest cruise only, no data was recordedOcean Bottom Seismometer
No data was collected

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