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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-008-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): CMHRP Program Office Operational Costs (GY00ET2SZ00)

Principal Investigator(s): Nathaniel Miller

Affiliate Investigator(s): Pablo Canales (WHOI)

Information Specialist(s): Nathaniel Miller

Data Type(s): Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Active-source ocean bottom seismic imaging and velocity measurements for forearc structure and physical properties

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Newport, OR

End Port/Location: Newport, OR

Start Date: 2021-05-24

End Date: 2021-05-28

Equipment Used: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Information to be Derived: Seismic Vp and Vs

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 60 ocean bottom seismometers were deployed offshore of coastal Oregon at predetermined locations along six roughly shore-normal transects in preparation for recording shots from a multichannel seismic survey planned for the same transects on a subsequent leg.

Staff: Wayne Baldwin, Nathaniel Miller

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Funding account is GX20GY00ET2SZ00

Two-week quarantine required prior to sailing. Quarantine 5/7 - 5/21

Location:

Cascadia

Boundaries
North: 51.7814356 South: 39.50404065 West: -132.97851563 East: -122.25585938

Platform(s):

photo of Marcus G. Langseth
Marcus G. Langseth

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Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Ocean Bottom SeismometerDeployment - the data will be associated with the related field activity 2021-009-FA.Ocean Bottom Seismometer
No data was collected

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