Field Activity Details for field activity 11TST05

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

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Principal Investigator(s): Shawn Dadisman

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Shawn Dadisman, Dana Wiese

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: At a location, adjacent to the St. Petersburg Pier, run multiple lines for comparison purposes.

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Start Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

End Port/Location: St. Petersburg, FL

Start Date: 2011-04-13

End Date: 2011-04-13

Equipment Used: C-Boom Low Voltage Boomer (LVB), Chirp 512i, Benthos Mesh Hydrophones with Triton Elics SBLogger, GPS

Information to be Derived: A comparison of the 3 seismic systems and to perform test of all settings for each system; Sub-bottom profile images.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Testing completed, profile comparison plots were created.

Staff: Shawn Dadisman, James Flocks, Arnell Forde, Billy Reynolds, Philip Thompson, Dana Wiese

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Notes: This is not an actual field activity but a test of field equipment prior to deployment and data collection; therefore, the Research Topic of TST (short for Test) was assigned. In addition to the boomer and chirp 512i a sparker system we just purchased was also tested.

Location:

Tampa Bay, FL

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