Field Activity Details for field activity 2015-004-FA

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): USGS GAS HYDRATES (LQ000FP)

Principal Investigator(s): Carolyn Ruppel

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Carolyn Ruppel

Data Type(s): Geochemical: Surveys (geochemical), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquire high-resolution seismics from shelf-break to base of upper slope or deeper through the part of the mid-Atlantic margin where we have identified over 250 upper slope seeps

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Narragansett, RI

End Port/Location: Narragansett, RI

Start Date: 2015-04-16

End Date: 2015-04-25

Equipment Used: DGPS, Multichannel seismics, Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS), Other, Sparker , SIMRAD EK60, Raytheon 731 echo sounder

Information to be Derived: seismic profiles

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 30 72-channel profiles of varying lengths between north of Wilmington and south of Norfolk canyons, including dip and strike lines and profiles over deepwater seeps; continuous EK60 *raw files for most of the cruise;

Staff: Eric Moore

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Will also deploy EK60 38 kHz transducer on this cruise.

6 kJ sparker, full 72-channel MCS streamer

Location:

mid-Atlantic US margin

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Data Acquired