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

Field Activity 1994-002-FA

Identifier 1994-002-FA
Purpose Test 24-channel high-resolution, multichannel, OYO seismic acquisition system. Conduct hydrologic studies offshore Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
Location northern Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments No post-cruise report available. Report prepared from pre-cruise plan. From Foghorn: OYO recording system - OYO-Houston, TX; 24 channel ITT solid towed array; Single-channel GeoPulse system - WRD-CT; Cascading manifold system - WRD-MD
Platform
Explorer
Itinerary
Start Towson, MD 1994-08-28
End Towson, MD 1994-09-10
Bounds
West -77.0649
East -75.27832
North 39.54542
South 38.43638

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David R Nichols
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Peter Haeni - WRD
Affiliate staff Peter Haeni - USGS-WRD, Hartford, CT

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Multichannel, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GeoPulse uniboom Boomer (no data reported)
Multichannel seismics Multichannel (no data reported)
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity