1998-003-FA (CMHRP activity #1447)

Field Activity 1998-003-FA

Identifier

1998-003-FA

Alternate names

SHIPS

Purpose

Deploy and recover ocean bottom seismometers as part of the SHIP experiment to map the Seattle Fault and sedimentary basin under the Seattle urban area.

Location

Puget Sound, Washington, United States, North America, North Pacific,

Summary

OBSes deployed and recovered: 9 (2 failed to record data: C4, D4).

Info derived

Morphology;

Comments

Project = SHIPS -Seismic Hazard in Puget Sound, SHIPS -Seismic Hazard in Puget Sound

URL

http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-314/

Platform

S P Hayes

38 foot long aluminum workboat

Itinerary

Start	Seattle, WA	1998-03-09
End	Seattle, WA	1998-03-25
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-122.56745868
East	-122.28151184
North	47.91122837
South	47.31420714

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

Uri Ten Brink

Crew members

Uri Ten Brink	Scientist, Staff
Taylor, Michael	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate principal

Mike Fisher - WCMG

Affiliate staff

Robert Busby (contractor); Alvin Buchholtz (volunteer)

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Ocean Bottom Seismometer	Ocean Bottom Seismometer	1
Digital camera	Photo	1
DGPS	Navigation	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1998-003-FA-SE-001	Ocean Bottom Seismometer	Digital tape(s) of OBS RAW A1,A3,A4,A8, OBS RAW C1,C4,C9,D1,D4,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-003-FA-PH-001	Digital camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Dann S Blackwood
1998-003-FA-LN-001	DGPS	Track map depicting seismic lines and recorder locations.	Nancy K. Soderberg