Field Activity 1995-025-FA

Identifier 1995-025-FA
Alternate names CH-18-95 Legs 1 and 2
Purpose Single-channel seismics, GI gun seismics, VSP walkaway operations, OBS data collection.
Location Blake Ridge, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Leg 1: Nov. 15-20, 1995; Leg 2: Nov. 26 - Dec. 1, 1995. Journalist from Popular Science and 3 media personnel from Channel 4 Independent Television News - UK observed/filmed Leg 1; Director Research News Service - UNC observed Leg 2.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Debbie Hutchinson - Ch. Sci. - Leg 1; John Evans - tech - Leg 1 and Leg 2; Tom O'Brien - engineer - Leg 1 and Leg 2; Rebecca Drury - tech - Leg 2; Greg Miller - tech - Leg 2. Project = Seismic Studies on the Blake Ridge Gas Hydrates, Seismic Studies on the Blake Ridge Gas Hydrates
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Platform
Cape Hatteras
Length: 135 feet; Beam: 32 feet.
Itinerary
Start Beaufort, NC 1995-11-13
End Beaufort, NC 1995-12-01
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -76.3
East -75.25
North 33
South 30.8

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Deborah R HutchinsonWilliam P Dillon
Crew members
Deborah R Hutchinson
Scientist, Staff
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
Drury, Rebecca
Scientist, Staff
Evans, John
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Daniel Lizarralde - WHOI - Leg 2
Affiliate staff Harold Williams - mech. eng. - Leg 1 and Leg 2 - USGS; Daniel Lizarralde - sci./student - Leg 1, ch. sci. - Leg 2 - WHOI; Ingo Pecher - sci. - Leg 1 and Leg 2 - WHOI; W. Stephen Holbrook - assoc. sci. walkaway - Leg 1 and Leg 2 - WHOI; Ralph A. Stephen - sr. sci. walkaway - Leg 1 and Leg 2 - WHOI; Tori Hoehler - sci/student - Leg 1 - UNC; Daniel L. Williamson - obs/publicity - Leg 2 - UNC; Robert Hammond - camera man - Leg 1 - Ch. 4 Independent News; Julian Rush - sci. producer - Leg 1 - Ch. 4 Independent News; Andrew Veitch - sci. reporter - Leg 1 - Ch. 4 Independent News; Judith Gunther - contributing editor - Leg 1 - Popular Science.

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief scientist's cruise report including personnel, an extensive cruise overview with description of equipment and setting used on the cruise, daily cruise narrative, and results and comments. Tables of OBS deployments, receiver depths, single channel seismic file names and locations, bore hole location, trackmaps, OBS and VSP walkaway data samples.
Geophysics log Seismic log including line numbers, position, and equipment performance, November 15-20, 1995.
Geophysics log Seismic log including line numbers, position, and equipment performance, November 26 - December 21, 1995.
Walkaway plots Walkaway plots for VSP 994 and 995 on Nov. 18, 29 and 30, 1995.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Teledyne 28420 hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 3
Ocean Bottom Seismometer Ocean Bottom Seismometer (no data reported)
Rockwell GPS Navigation 2
Ashtech GPS Navigation (no data reported)
Water gun (wh) Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1995-025-FA-LN-001-01 Teledyne 28420 hydrophone Processed GI-gun SEGY data David S Foster
1995-025-FA-SE-001 Teledyne 28420 hydrophone Digital tape(s) of GI GUN L1-4SEGY, GI GUN L5 7-9SEGY, GI GUN L10-18SEGY, GI GUN L1-24SEGY, GI GUN L1-24V994, GI GUN LOBS1ASEG-Y, GI GUN LOBS2A-BSGY, GI GUN LOBS1-2*SGY, GI GUN L25-32,#SGY, OBS L1-SEGY, OBS L2-SEGY, OBS L1-2 RAW, Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-025-FA-SE-002 Teledyne 28420 hydrophone Digital tape(s) of GI GUN L1-4SEGY, GI GUN L5 7-9SEGY, GI GUN L10-18SEGY, GI GUN L1-24SEGY, GI GUN L1-24V994, GI GUN LOBS1ASEG-Y, GI GUN LOBS2A-BSGY, GI GUN LOBS1-2*SGY, GI GUN L25-32,#SGY, OBS L1-SEGY, OBS L2-SEGY, OBS L1-2 RAW, Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-025-FA-LN-001 Rockwell GPS Navigation trackline plot for field activity 95025 Nancy K. Soderberg
1995-025-FA-LN-002 Rockwell GPS Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-GPSL1-4, NAV-GPSL5-19, NAV-GPSL520-24, BRIDGENAVZIPPED, NAV-EDITL1-V994001, NAV-EDITL16-24, NAV-OBSL1, NAV-OBSL2, NAV-SCSL25-28, NAV-VSPV995B01-04, NAV-VSPV995B05-08, UNDERWAYDATA, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity