Field Activity 1998-051-FA

Identifier 1998-051-FA
Purpose A one-day seismic reflection and marine gravity survey of the Chesapeake Bay bolide impact crater.
Location Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Original Center People field contained: C. Wylie Poag - Principal Investigator; Dave Foster - Shipboard Chief Scientist. Project = Chesapeake Bay Bolide, Chesapeake Bay Bolide
Platform
Maurice Ewing
Length 239 feet; beam 46 feet.
Itinerary
Start Portsmouth, VA 1998-10-15
End Norfolk, VA 1998-10-16
Days in the field 1.4
Bounds
West -76.3642
East -75.7575
North 37.475
South 36.87167

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Claude (Wylie) W. Poag
Crew members
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Claude (Wylie) W. Poag
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Soderberg, Nancy K.
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Joe Stennet, LDEO, Science Officer; Jeff Turmelle, LDEO, data reduction; Woody Hobbs, VIMS, faculty guest, watch stander; Bob Gammisch, VIMS, faculty guest, watch stander; George Pongonis, VIMS, faculty guest, watch stander; Steve Goodbred, VIMS, graduate student guest, watch stander; James Hall, Old Dominion U., graduate student guest, watch stander; Shonia Becraft, Old Dominion U., undergrad. student guest, watch stander

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Gravity, Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Equipment configuration and performance, processing steps for GPS navigation, Bell gravimeter and land-ties, Furono speed log, Young weather station, Omega sea temperature and airgun and streamer line data, scientific personnel, cruise summary.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Gravity meter (wh) Gravity 1
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Air gun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1998-051-FA-GP-001 Gravity meter (wh) Digital tape(s) of AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY2, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY3, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1-3, Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-051-FA-SE-001 Single channel hydrophone Digital tape(s) of AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY2, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY3, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1-3, Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-051-FA-SE-002 Single channel hydrophone CD ROM disk of AIRGUN GRAV RAW, PROCESSED 1-3, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity