Field Activity 1987-046-FA

Identifier 1987-046-FA
Purpose Sea trials for high-resolution seismic system.
Location Pearl River, China, South China Sea, Asia, North Pacific;
Info derived Equipment acceptance trials;
Platform
Fendou V
Itinerary
Start Guangzhou, China 1987-12-08
End Guangzhou, China 1987-12-14
Days in the field 6
Bounds
West 110
East 120
North 23
South 18

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David R Nichols
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Zhang Zai Chao - 2nd Marine Geol. Inv. Brigade, Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources, China
Affiliate staff Shang Sai Chao - BMGMR; Heimi Espino - Service engineer, Litton; Dennis Woodard - SSI field engineer, Seismic Sound Sources

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics
Data type: Multichannel

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report USGS Representative and Chief Technician's report of equipment configuration and testing, ship movement, personnel, data acquisition notes, and successful contract completion.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Multichannel seismics This was a review of a new research vessel DFSV installation Multichannel (no data expected)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity