Field Activity 2021-009-FA

Identifier 2021-009-FA
Purpose Active source ocean bottom seismograph deployment and recovery for measurement of forearc velocities
Location Cascadia
Summary 60 OBS deployed on 2021-008-FA were recovered and then redeployed along shore-normal transects from offshore Oregon to offshore Vancouver Island. The OBS recorded shots from Marcus Langseth cruise MGL2104. Data are currently undergoing review by the OBSIC and have not been released. All OBS data from this cruise will eventually be archived and released through the IRIS DMC.
Info derived Seismic Vp and Vs
Comments Funding account is GX20GY00ET2SZ00 Based on the 2020-017-FA. Rescheduled to 2021 due to COVID. Two week quarantine in Newport, OR required prior to sailing. Jenny McKee (PCMSC) will be participating
Projects
Related activities
2021-008-FA: Deployment-recovery
Platform
Oceanus
Length 177 feet; beam 33 feet; draft 17.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Newport, OR 2021-06-22
End Newport, OR 2021-07-15
Days in the field 21
Bounds
West -134.47265625
East -122.51953125
North 54.36775852
South 40.31304321

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
(not identified)
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 Ocean Bottom Seismometer (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity