Field Activity M5410AR

Identifier M5410AR
Alternate names M-54-10-AR
Also known as 2010-054-FA
Purpose 1) Image seafloor 2) Map top of subsea permafrost in very near shore 3) Survey for possible methane emissions at distal inferred end of permafrost offshore 4) Collect data to help constrain whether seaward limit of permafrost is 'real' or related to a lithologic change
Location Harrison Bay, Beaufort Sea, AK
Comments changed FAN to M5410AR on 10/18/2018 created FACS ID for data in FAD 8/3/2017 Methane Hydrate - Dept. of Energy; Days at Sea: 6; Project Maximum Weekly Overtime for Each: 36; Overtime should NOT be charged to 0fp59; Charge 0fp10 for overtime (USGS OE); Seven or More Days With No Port Call: No; Major Center Equipment Required: Navigation - GPS,Seismic reflection,Seismic reflection - sparker,Humminbird fishfinder; Equipment Required from Other Sources: sonobuoys (to be provided by Menlo Park); Degree of Certainty: 85% pending permits; Permitting: NEPA CX in progress with Reston, NMFS Letter of Concurrence request submitted, FWS letter for ESA birds obtained, FWS MMPA/ESA polar bear consultation underway, Tribal council mtg interaction on 19 June 2010, North Slope Borough permit application to be submitted by 27 June, discussion started with private sector operator that may be in study area during the survey on a ~70 m vessel; Report Date: 2010-06-25; Platform formerly MMS RV 1273.
Platform
BOEM Launch 1273
36-ft-long aluminum-hulled research vessel.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 2010-08-03
End (port not specified) 2010-08-09
Bounds
West -156.4453125
East -134.921875
North 72.13804838
South 67.76042494

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Anders, Robert
Crew members
Affiliate principal Carolyn Ruppel (USGS Woods Hole)

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics
Data type: Sonobuoy

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sonobuoy Sonobuoy (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity