1996-003-FA (CMHRP activity #1354)

Field Activity 1996-003-FA

Identifier

1996-003-FA

Alternate names

EW9607

Purpose

Image the volcanic continental shelf off southeast Greenland.

Location

Southeast Greenland, North Atlantic;

Comments

Original Center People field contained: No center personnel.

URL

http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/obs/greenland96.html

http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/obs/greenland96.html#data

http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/operations/obs/Images/Sigma96/deploy12.jpg

Platform

Maurice Ewing

Length 239 feet; beam 46 feet.

Itinerary

Start	St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada	1996-08-25
End	St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada	1996-10-07
Days in the field	44

Bounds

West	-45.53786736
East	-26.45593052
North	67.8018636
South	58.40171167

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Gregory K Miller

Crew members

Affiliate principal

Steve Holbrook - WHOI; Trine Dahl-Jensen - DLC

Affiliate staff

WHOI: S. Holbrook, Co-Chief Sci.; J. Dolan, RA; R. Handy, RA; D. DuBois, RA; J. Korenaga, Grad Student; DLC: T. Dahl-Jensen, Co-Chief Sci.; J. Hopper, Sci.; P. Henkart, Sci.; R. Busby, Consultant; T. Nielsen, Grad Student Univ. Copenhagen; A. Bruun, Grad Student Aarhus Univ.

Data types and categories

Data category:	Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type:	Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
Ocean Bottom Seismometer		Ocean Bottom Seismometer	2
GPS (wh)		Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1996-003-FA-SE-001	Ocean Bottom Seismometer	Digital tape(s) of OBS RAW, NAV DEPLOY 1, OBS RAW, NAV DEPLOY 2, OBS RAW, NAV DEPLOY 3, OBS RAW, NAV DEPLOY 4,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1996-003-FA-SE-002	Ocean Bottom Seismometer	CD ROM disk of REPORT,NAV,FORMAT, OBS A1/DPLY 1,RAW, OBS A3/DPLY 1,RAW, OBS A4/DPLY 1,RAW, OBS A8/DPLY 1,RAW, OBS C3/DPLY 1,RAW, OBS C4/DPLY 1,RAW, OBS C9/DPLY 1,RAW, OBS A1,A4, A8/DPLY 2,RAW, OBS A3,C3, C4/DPLY 2,RAW, OBS C1,C9/DPLY 2,RAW, OBS A1/DPLY 3,RAW, OBS A3/DPLY 3,RAW, OBS C1/DPLY 3,RAW, OBS A4,C3/DPLY 3,RAW, OBS A8,C9/DPLY 3,RAW, OBS C4/DPLY 3,RAW, OBS A8,C1/DPLY 4,RAW, OBS A4/DPLY 4,RAW, OBS C9/DPLY 4,RAW,	Nancy K. Soderberg