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Field Activity Details for field activity 1996-002-FA

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Other ID: SO108

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Uri Ten Brink

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Image the crustal structure of the Cascadia continental margin as part of the earthquake hazard assessment in the area.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

End Port/Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Start Date: 1996-04-20

End Date: 1996-05-24

Equipment Used: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Gregory Miller, Uri Ten Brink

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Project = Cascadia Region Seismic Experiment, Cascadia Region Seismic Experiment

Location:

offshore Washington, Oregon, United States, North America, North Pacific;

Boundaries
North: 48.10058 South: 42.68244 West: -129.2534 East: -123.31055

Platform(s):

photo of Sonne
Sonne

Publications

Fisher, M.A., Hyndman, R.D., Johnson, S.Y., Brocher, T.M., Crosson, R.S., Wells, R.E., Calvert, A.J., ten Brink, U.S., 2005, Crustal structure and earthquake hazards of the subduction zone in southwestern British Columbia and western Washington, Chapter C in Kayen, R., ed., Earthquake hazards of the Pacific Northwest coastal and marine regions: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1661-C, doi: 10.3133/pp1661C.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ocean Bottom Seismometer --- Ocean Bottom Seismometer
1996-002-FA-SE-002 (CD ROM disk of OBS/ RL1-5, SEGY, OBS/ L7-9, SEGY, OBS/ L10, SEGY, OBS/ L10, SEGY, OBS/ L11, SEGY, OBS/ L11, SEGY, OBS/ L11, SEGY, OBS/ L12, SEGY, OBS/ L12, SEGY, OBH/RL 1-6,8,9,GEOMAR, OBH/RL 7,10, GEOMAR, OBH/RL 11, GEOMAR, OBH/RL 12, GEOMAR, )
1996-002-FA-SE-001 (Digital tape(s) of OBS-RAW-DEPLY1, OBS-RAW-DEPLY2, OBS-RAW-DEPLY3, OBS-RAW-DEPLY4, OBS-RAW-DEPLY5, )

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