1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
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Field Activity M197WO

Identifier M197WO
Alternate names M-1-97-WO,AR-5-97
Purpose Collect geophysical data to aid in characterizing seismic hazard of nearshore faults & coastal erosion hazard
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: Pat McCrory, Dave Twichell. Geophysical data (GPS, sidescansonar, 3dot5khz, Geopulse, Shipekgrab, GPS, boomer) of field activity M-1-97-WO in Southwest Washington Inner Shelf from 07/07/1997 to 07/15/1997
Location Southwest Washington Inner Shelf
Summary Collect approx 400 km of high resolution seismic reflection and sidescan sonar data
Info derived Seafloor character, late quaternary sediment thickness, shallow (
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Pat McCrory (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Dave Foster (USGS Western Region) - Computer Analyst Scott Harrison (USGS Western Region) - Computer Analyst Tom O'Brien (USGS Woods Hole) - Electronics Technician Jim Morris (NOAA) - Ship Captain
Projects
Platform
McArthur
175 feet.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1997-07-07
End (port not specified) 1997-07-15
Bounds
West -125.9447
East -124.22401
North 48.32233
South 46.91283
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators McCrory, Pat
Crew members
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Harrison, Scott
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Hamer, Michael
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Dave Twichell
Affiliate staff Tom O'Brien (USGS Woods Hole) - Electronics Technician,Jim Morris (NOAA) - Ship Captain

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GPS Navigation 5
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 3
Geopulse Boomer 3
Shipekgrab Geology 1
boomer Boomer (no data reported)
sidescansonar Sidescan (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format GPS Mike Hamer
Global positioning system (GPS) data m-1-97-wo.061 GPS Provisional best file Mike Hamer
Global positioning system (GPS) data m-1-97-wo.061_degree GPS Mike Hamer
Integrated navigation (SINS) data m-1-97-wo.051 GPS Mike Hamer
Lines GPS Mike Hamer
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy 3.5khz Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Raw depth (bathymetry) data m-1-97-wo.300 3.5khz Mike Hamer
Raw depth (bathymetry) data m-1-97-wo.300_061 3.5khz Provisional best file Mike Hamer
Raw seismic shot point data m-1-97-wo.400 Geopulse Mike Hamer
Raw seismic shot point data m-1-97-wo.400_071 Geopulse Mike Hamer
Seismic FFID/Shot/CDP data m-1-97-wo.410_061 Geopulse Mike Hamer
Station Information Shipekgrab Mike Hamer