Field Activity 2021-008-FA

Identifier 2021-008-FA
Purpose Active-source ocean bottom seismic imaging and velocity measurements for forearc structure and physical properties
Location Cascadia
Summary 60 ocean bottom seismometers were deployed offshore of coastal Oregon at predetermined locations along six roughly shore-normal transects in preparation for recording shots from a multichannel seismic survey planned for the same transects on a subsequent leg.
Info derived Seismic Vp and Vs
Comments Funding account is GX20GY00ET2SZ00 Two-week quarantine required prior to sailing. Quarantine 5/7 - 5/21
Projects
Related activities
2021-009-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Marcus G. Langseth
235 feet long, 56-foot beam, 19.5 foot draft. Built in 1991.
Itinerary
Start Newport, OR 2021-05-24
End Newport, OR 2021-05-28
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -132.97851563
East -122.25585938
North 51.7814356
South 39.50404065

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Organization
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution(WHOI)
Woods Hole, MA02543
Principal investigators Nathaniel C Miller
Crew members
Wayne E Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Nathaniel C Miller
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Nathaniel C Miller
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Pablo Canales (WHOI)

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics
Data type: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ocean Bottom Seismometer Deployment - the data will be associated with the related field activity 2021-009-FA. Ocean Bottom Seismometer (no data expected)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity