2024-012-FA (CMHRP activity #9341)

Field Activity 2024-012-FA

Identifier

2024-012-FA

Alternate names

NantucketSoundBoomer

Purpose

to collect information to define the geologic framework

Location

Nantucket Sound

Summary

This 1-4 days of data collection was done as part of the Massachusetts Integrated Studies project and aided in the testing out of the new platform, RV O'Brien. This effort collected tens of kilometers of multi-channel seismic data (boomer source) in Nantucket Sound, MA.

Info derived

multi-channel seismic data using a boomer source

Projects

Massachusetts Integrated Coastal Studies

Platform

O'Brien

Length 26 feet; marine grade aluminum

Itinerary

Start	Falmouth Harbor	2024-05-01
End	Falmouth Harbor	2024-07-26
Days in the field	4

Bounds

West	-70.78491211
East	-70.00488281
North	41.59079685
South	41.34382458

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Laura Brothers

Crew members

William W Danforth	Scientist, Staff
Eric Moore	Scientist, Staff
David S Foster	Scientist, Staff
Seth Ackerman	Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin	Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews	Scientist, Staff
Charles R Worley	Scientist, Staff
Patrick Berube	Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols	Scientist, Staff
Liesel K Vanderveen	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Wayne E Baldwin

Specialist, Information

Affiliate staff

Wayne Baldwin, Dave Foster, Alex Nichols, Charles Worley, Eric Moore, Pat Berube, Bill Danforth, Brian Andrews, Liesel Vanderveen, Seth Ackerman

Data types and categories

Data category:	Seismics
Data type:	Multichannel, Boomer

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity