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Field Activity Details for field activity 1992-021-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): Uri Ten Brink

Affiliate Investigator(s): Bardardinov

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To investigate the character, timing and distribution of sedimentation and crustal deformation in an active lacustrine rift system; to construct seismic stratigraphic framework for these basins; and to select a site for a deep drill hole in Lake Baikal.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Lystvyanka, Siberia, USSR

End Port/Location: Lystvyanka, Siberia, USSR

Start Date: 1992-08-30

End Date: 1992-09-23

Equipment Used: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Magellan PRO 1000 GPS

Information to be Derived: Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Gregory Miller, Dwight Coleman

Affiliate Staff:
Marc Behrendt; Alik Bardardinov

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Greg Miller; Marc Behrendt; Dwight Coleman.
Project = Seismic Survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Seismic Survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia

Location:

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, Asia;

Boundaries
North: 54.4714565 South: 52.25769802 West: 105.83965425 East: 109.59960938

Platform(s):

photo of Titov
Titov

Publications

Nichols, D.R., Miller, G., and Akentiev, L., 1992, Seismic survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia—Operational technical summary for the RV Balkash and RV Titov, 15 August to 30 September 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 92-693, 21 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr92693.

Nichols, D.R., Miller, G.K., Akentiev, L., 1992, Seismic survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia; operational technical summary for the RV Balkash and RV Titov, 15 August to 30 September 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-124, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr92693.

ten Brink, U.S., Badardinov, A., Miller, G.K., and Coleman, D.F., 1993, Ocean bottom seismometers operation during the seismic survey of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Autumn 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-7, 24 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr937.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ocean Bottom Seismometer --- Ocean Bottom Seismometer
Magellan PRO 1000 GPS --- Navigation

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