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

Field Activity 1997-041-FA

Identifier 1997-041-FA
Purpose 3 OBSes will be deployed to evaluate the 2 new prototype data loggers and compare the background noise levels of the new 1 Hz geophones with the old 4.5 Hz geophones.
Location Stellwagen Bank, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary 2 of the 3 instruments were deployed. Rough weather forced the cancellation of the 3rd deployment.
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 1997-08-13
End Woods Hole, MA 1997-08-13
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -70.75
East -70.351
North 42.8
South 42.3

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Uri Ten Brink
Crew members
Gregory K Miller
Scientist, Staff
Uri Ten Brink
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Gregory K Miller
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

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

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity