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Field Activity Details for field activity 2002-041-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): Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Investigator(s): Carolyn Ruppel (Georgia Tech)

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect geophysical and chemical measurements that quantify lateral and temporal energy, fluid, and gas fluxes at gas hydrate sites in Gulf of Mexico lease blocks Green Canyon 185 and Garden Banks 425. USGS participation is to help operate the Georgia Tech EdgeTech SB512 deep-tow chirp profiling system and to produce trackline maps and some data management at sea.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Gulfport, MS

End Port/Location: Gulfport, MS

Start Date: 2002-10-18

End Date: 2002-11-02

Equipment Used: Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Staff:
Carolyn Ruppel (Georgia Tech.) - Chief Scientist: cdr@brevard.eas.gatech.edu

Notes: Cruise has been funded. Tom O'Brien is going. Original Center People field contained: See website hydrate.eas.gatech.edu/cdr/cruise.html.

Location:

north central Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 30.82238 South: 26.74561 West: -92.8836 East: -84.8584

Platform(s):

photo of Seward Johnson
Seward Johnson

Publications

Wilson, A., and Ruppel, C., 2007, Salt tectonics and shallow subseafloor fluid convection; models of coupled fluid-heat-salt transport: Geofluids, v. 7 no. 4, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2007.00191.x.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i --- Sub Bottom Profiler
DGPS --- Navigation

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