Field Activity 2003-029-FA

Identifier 2003-029-FA
Purpose Test and compare boomer seismic system with EdgeTech Chirp 512 system. Locate paleochannels between Woods Hole and Waquoit Bay.
Location Vineyard Sound, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary EdgeTech Chirp seismic data archived on CD-R.
Comments Project = Field testing Edgetech 512i and 424 Chirp, Field testing Edgetech 512i and 424 Chirp
Platform
Asterias
Length 46 feet; beam 15 feet 4 inches; draft 4.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Woods Hole, MA 2003-06-02
End Woods Hole, MA 2003-06-03
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -70.6667
East -70.5
North 41.56667
South 41.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David S Foster
Crew members
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
David S Foster
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal WHOI
Affiliate staff Stephen Swift, WHOI, PI; David Olmstead, WHOI, Captain

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity