Field Activity 2000-067-FA

Identifier 2000-067-FA
Alternate names IB E-67-00-EC
Purpose (1) To study the "plumbing system" of the gas and gas hydrate deposit on the Blake Ridge; and (2) to study the shear wave properties of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments.
Location Blake Ridge, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Greg Miller and Jeff Nealon will travel to Port Elizabeth on Aug. 28 to help with equipment mobilization. Equipment will be driven to Port Elizabeth by Joe Newell(?) on a USGS truck. Original Center People field contained: Greg Miller and Jeff Nealon, mobilization only, Aug. 28 - Sep. 2; Joe Newell driving to Port Elizabeth and back, Aug. 28-29. Project = Blake Ridge gas hydrates, Blake Ridge gas hydrates
Platform
Maurice Ewing
Length 239 feet; beam 46 feet.
Itinerary
Start Port Elizabeth, NJ 2000-09-02
End Norfolk, VA 2000-10-17
Days in the field 45
Bounds
West -76
East -75
North 32
South 31

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Uri Ten Brink
Crew members
Gregory K Miller
Scientist, Staff
Nealon, Jefferey
Scientist, Staff
Newell, Joseph S.
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Pecher, Ingo
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Ingo Pecher - UTIG
Affiliate staff Robert Iuliucci, contractor; Ingo Pecher, co-chief scientist; Steve Holbrook - U. Wyoming; Dan Lizarralde - Georgia Tech.

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Air Gun / Water Gun, Multibeam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Air gun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
Atlas Hydrosweep DS Multibeam (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity