Field Activity 2007-027-FA

Identifier 2007-027-FA
Purpose Canada-U.S. cooperative multichannel seismic profiling in the Arctic Ocean in support of delimiting the outer boundary of the extended continental shelf under Article 76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Location Arctic Ocean, Canadian Basin, Canada, North America;
Info derived Sediment thickness, bathymetry and morphology; Tectonics of the Arctic Canada Basin;
Comments Bob Rowland took Tom O'Brien's place as an observer/watch stander on this cruise. Original Center People field contained: Robert W. Rowland (contractor). Project = USGS Law of the Sea, USGS Law of the Sea
Platform
Louis S St Laurent
392 feet
Itinerary
Start Kugluktuk Nunavut, Canada (formerly Coppermine) 2007-08-30
End Kugluktuk Nunavut, Canada (formerly Coppermine) 2007-10-11
Days in the field 42
Bounds
West -152
East -130
North 77.25
South 73.25

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Deborah R Hutchinson
Crew members
Rowland, Robert
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
PARTNER,
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Dr. Ruth Jackson, Geological Survey of Canada
Affiliate staff Dr. Ruth Jackson, Geological Survey of Canada, Chief Scientist; All other science and ship crew are Canadian.

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Multichannel seismics Multichannel 1
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2007-027-FA-SE-001 Multichannel seismics 2995 km seismic data Deborah R Hutchinson

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity