1998-004-FA (CMHRP activity #1448)

Field Activity 1998-004-FA

Identifier

1998-004-FA

Alternate names

ODP leg 179

Purpose

Use OBS to evaluate the effectiveness of using a drill bit as a seismic source.

Location

Indian Ocean;

Comments

No center personnel were onboard; deployment of equipment only. Greg Miller is center contact.

Platform

Joides Resolution

470 feet

Itinerary

Start	Cape Town, South Africa	1998-04-16
End	Darwin, Australia	1998-06-04
Days in the field	50

Bounds

West	57
East	88.5
North	-17
South	-32.5

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

Information specialist(s)

Gregory K Miller

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Ralph Steven (WHOI)

Affiliate staff

Hartley Hoskins (WHOI), Bob Busby (consultant)

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
DGPS		Navigation	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1998-004-FA-SE-001	Ocean Bottom Seismometer	Digital tape(s) of OBS RAW,PROC A4,A8,3 DEPLOY,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-004-FA-SE-002	Ocean Bottom Seismometer	CD ROM disk of OBS DOCK TEST 98004-0A, OBS DOCK TEST 98004-0B, OBS 98004-1, OBS 98004-2A, OBS 98004-2B, OBS 98004-2C, OBS 98004-2D, OBS 98004-2E, OBS 98004-2F, OBS 98004-3A, OBS 98004-3B, OBS 98004-3C, OBS 98004-3D, OBS 98004-3E, OBS 98004-4,	Nancy K. Soderberg