2000-016-FA (CMHRP activity #1587)

Field Activity 2000-016-FA

Identifier

2000-016-FA

Alternate names

CH-15-00; IB H-16-00-SR

Purpose

Coring for identification of age of event and sedimentary/chemical processes related to gas hydrate at Blake Ridge collapse feature. Collection of 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler data for bathymetry and structure.

Location

Blake Ridge, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

ODEC Seismic reflection: 14 lines; Piston cores: 33 (240 shipboard analyses - see cruise narrative) stored in Woods Hole; Gravity (trigger) cores: 14, stored in Woods Hole.

Comments

Original Center People field contained: At sea: Thomas Lorenson, USGS-Menlo, Co-Chi; Jeffrey Nealon, USGS-Woods Hole, Scientist; Courtney Schupp, USGS-Woods Hole, Scientist; Tom O'Brien, USGS-Woods Hole, Scientist. Mobe/Trans: Joseph Newell and Robert Barton, Woods Hole. Project = Gas hydrates, Gas hydrates

Platform

Cape Hatteras

Length: 135 feet; Beam: 32 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC	2000-07-20
End	Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC	2000-07-29
Days in the field	10

Bounds

West	-76.2
East	-75
North	32.2
South	31.5

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

William P Dillon

Crew members

Thomas F O'Brien	Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton	Scientist, Staff
Schupp, Courtney	Scientist, Staff
Nealon, Jefferey	Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Nealon, Jefferey

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Charles Paull - MBARI; D. Clay Kelly - WHOI; Richard Coffin - NRL

Affiliate staff

Thomas Lorenson, USGS-Menlo Park, Co-Chief; Charles Paull, MBARI, Co-Chief; William Ussler, MBARI, Scientist; Thomas Naehr, MBARI, Scientist; Vicki Orphan, MBARI, Scientist; Katie Farnsworth, MBARI, Scientist; Walter Borowski, DePaw, Scientist; William Gwilliam, DOE/NETL, Scientist

Data types and categories

Data category:	Seismics, Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:	Sub Bottom Profiler, Navigation, Geology

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Cruise report	Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, objective, cruise summary.
Core log	Chief Scientist's listing of piston core locations and lengths and planned use (analysis).
Cruise log	Chief Scientist's listing of core locations and shotpoint/seismic lines.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Piston corer	Geology	(no data reported)
ODEC 3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	(no data reported)
Gravity corer	Geology	(no data reported)
DGPS	Navigation	3

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2000-016-FA-LN-001	DGPS	Chief Scientist's track map and core locations.	Nancy K. Soderberg
2000-016-FA-NL-002	DGPS	Chief Scientist's listing of piston core locations and lengths.	Nancy K. Soderberg
2000-016-FA-NL-003	DGPS	Chief Scientist's listing of core locations and shotpoint/seismic lines.	Nancy K. Soderberg