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

Field Activity 2016-019-FA

Identifier 2016-019-FA
Purpose Relocate earthquakes; map the shape of the downgoing slab
Location Puerto Rico Trench, Northeast Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean
Summary Recovered 6 broadband OBS that had been deployed in May 2015.
Info derived Recording of local and teleseismic earthquakes
Comments Recovery of 6 broad-band OBS on the M/V Umbra.
Projects
Platform
Umbra
Itinerary
Start San Juan, Puerto Rico 2016-04-15
End San Juan, Puerto Rico 2016-05-31
Days in the field 3
Bounds
West -68
East -64
North 19.5
South 18.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Uri Ten BrinkNathaniel C Miller
Crew members
Nathaniel C Miller
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Claudia Flores
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal John Collins, WHOI

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)
Other Unknown, Multichannel, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sparker, Bubble Gun, Air Gun / Water Gun, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Sonobuoy (no data reported)
Ocean Bottom Seismometer Ocean Bottom Seismometer 1

Datasets

Datasets compiled from multiple sources

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
CFlores_DoubleDifference Ocean Bottom Seismometer High resolution double-difference relocations of earthquakes in and offshore Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands during the deployment of ocean bottom seismometers from mid-2015 to mid-2016. The dataset encompasses 6 separate CSV files. Claudia Flores