Field Activity 2006-004-FA

Identifier 2006-004-FA
Alternate names NGHP-01
Purpose Drill, core, log, and conduct seismic ops in sedimentary basins containing potential gas hydrate deposits.
Location Indian Ocean;
Summary Core samples were collected from the Krishna-Godavari Basin at the eastern continental margin of India.
Comments Entire cruise (3 legs): 04/29/06 - 08/19/06. Cruise information is proprietary until 2008, when it will be made public. This is a cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Gas Hydrate Program of India and the U.S. Dept. of Energy Gas Hydrate Program. Original Center People field contained: P.J. Bernard, Bob Barton - shipping; Dave Mason - cruise logistics. Project = Gas Hydrates offshore India, Gas Hydrates offshore India
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Platform
Joides Resolution
470 feet
Itinerary
Start Chennai, India 2006-06-06
End Singapore, Indonesia 2006-08-21
Days in the field 84
Bounds
West 70.58100748
East 93.33556699
North 19.24200814
South 10.31497593

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William J. Winters
Crew members
David H Mason
Scientist, Staff
Robert W Barton
Scientist, Staff
Philip J Bernard
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
William J. Winters
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Tim Collett - USGS-Denver, Chief Scientist; National Gas Hydrate Programs
Affiliate staff Tom Lorenson (USGS-Menlo Park, gas geochemistry)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Mini-vane shear machine Geology (no data reported)
Well drilling Geology 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2006-004-FA-SC-001 Well drilling sediment drill Brian Buczkowski

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity