AKA: Sparker testing 2021
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Coastal and marine earthquake, tsunami, and landslide active margin field studies (ZP00EQV)
Principal Investigator(s): Patrick Hart
Affiliate Investigator(s): Jared Kluesner, USGS Dave Foster, USGS
Information Specialist(s): Alicia Balster-gee
Data Type(s): Seismics: Sparker
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterization of sparker source level decay with distance and water depth.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA
End Port/Location: Santa Cruz, CA
Start Date: 2021-04-19
End Date: 2021-04-28
Equipment Used: Calibrated single channel phones, Mini sparker
Information to be Derived: Sparker sound levels
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected calibrated hydrophone sparker source levels at 0 to 4 km offsets at seven sites from 25m to 600 m water depths
Staff: Alicia Balster-gee
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Monterey canyon region
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 37.09648707 | South: 36.72920243 | West: -122.47431993 | East: -121.81507587 |
Platform(s):
 Parke Snavely |
Balster-Gee, A.F., Baldwin, W.E., and Hart, P.E., 2022, Calibrated marine sparker source amplitude decay versus offset offshore Santa Cruz, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EHITBI.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calibrated single channel phones | Calibrated hydrophone on RV San Lorenzo used to record sparker source levels deployed from RV Snavely ot distances of ~ 4 km | Sparker | |
| Mini sparker | Sparker source was deployed from RV Snavely and source levels were recored by a calibrated hydrophone deployed from stationary RV San Lorenzo | Sparker |
