1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2012-050-FA

Identifier 2012-050-FA
Purpose Recover 12 OBSs from the slope south of Martha's Vineyard and deploy 5 OBSs between Atlantis and Hudson Canyon
Location New York Bight, New York, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;, OBS recovery/deployment
Summary 11 of 12 OBSs recovered, 5 deployed
Comments Project = Marine Geohazards/Source Eval,
Platform
Connecticut
Length, molded: 90 feet; Beam: 26 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2012-11-29
End Woods Hole, MA 2012-12-02
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -72.0582
East -70.11475
North 40.06098
South 39.16414

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jason Chaytor
Crew members
Information specialist(s)
Jason Chaytor
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Dan Kot

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)
Ocean Bottom Seismometer Ocean Bottom Seismometer 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2012-050-FA-SE-001 Ocean Bottom Seismometer Ocean Bottom Seismometers (OBS) deployed during field activity 2012-031-FA. Only 11 of the 12 instruments were retrieved. Claudia Flores

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity