Field Activity 1995-023-FA

Identifier 1995-023-FA
Alternate names CH 17-95 Leg 1
Purpose Sidescan sonar and seismic imaging of Blake Ridge collapse structure.
Location Blake Ridge, Blake Spur, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Original Center People field contained: Bill Danforth - Ch. Sci.; Tom O'Brien - tech., Rebecca Drury - data curator, Barry Irwin - nav. tech., Greg Miller - tech. Project = Gas Hydrate, Gas Hydrate Information from Foghorn: 2-channel digital seismic system, 160 cu. in. airgun, Datasonics SIS-7000 mid-range sidescan sonar (Bob) system
Platform
Cape Hatteras
Length: 135 feet; Beam: 32 feet.
Itinerary
Start Beaufort, NC 1995-10-11
End Beaufort, NC 1995-10-19
Days in the field 9
Bounds
West -76.07790455
East -75.09147282
North 32.26597464
South 31.42657982

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William P Dillon
Crew members
William W Danforth
Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Drury, Rebecca
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Joe Gettrust - NRL-Stennis Space Center
Affiliate staff Joe Gettrust - NRL; Mary Rowe - NRL; Larry Kooker - tech. - USGS-Menlo; Fred Hegg - tech. - Datasonics

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sidescan

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Seismic log Seismic log containing equipment configuration, line numbers, times, equipment performance, and data quality.
Q-Mips log Q-Mips log including line and file names, equipment performance, and bottom features.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Air gun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
SIS-7000 sidescan Sidescan 4
DGPS Navigation 3
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1995-023-FA-NL-002 SIS-7000 sidescan CD ROM disk of L7,8,9,10,11 BLAKE RIDGE, Linda P McCarthy
1995-023-FA-SO-001 SIS-7000 sidescan Digital tape(s) of SSS-SBTM L7-9, SSS-SBTM L10-11, SSS-SBTM L8, Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-023-FA-SO-002 SIS-7000 sidescan CD ROM disk of L7,8,9,10,11 BLAKE RIDGE, Linda P McCarthy
Chirp seismic data SIS-7000 sidescan Linda P McCarthy
1995-023-FA-LN-001-01 DGPS Raw navigation Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-023-FA-LN-001-02 DGPS Processed navigation Nancy K. Soderberg
Nav data DGPS Linda P McCarthy
1995-023-FA-SE-001 Single channel hydrophone Digital tape(s) of SSS-SBTM L7-9, SSS-SBTM L10-11, SSS-SBTM L8, Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-023-FA-SE-001-01 Single channel hydrophone SEGY seismic data Gregory K Miller

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity