Field Activity 1982-013-FA

Identifier 1982-013-FA
Alternate names ASTR 82-2; ASTERIAS 1982 #2
Purpose Continued testing of coupling response of the USGS ocean bottom seismometer (OBIP) for several different anchor configurations and bottom sediment types. A gravity core was also taken.
Location Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Testing.
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1982-05-20
End Woods Hole, MA 1982-05-21
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.74334894
East -70.66373364
North 41.55335422
South 41.51669004

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Anne M. Trehu
Crew members
Anne M. Trehu
Scientist, Staff
Raymond E. Davis
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff WHOI: Hovey Clifford, Jim Broda, Walter Wheeler

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report of personnel, equipment and station location.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ocean Bottom Seismometer Ocean Bottom Seismometer 1
Gravity corer Geology (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1982-013-FA-SE-001 Ocean Bottom Seismometer Digital tape(s) of OBIP, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity