Field Activity 2020-014-FA

Identifier 2020-014-FA
Purpose To identify the location and geometry of the fault(s) that ruptured to produce the M 6.4 mainshock, and the foreshocks and aftershocks using a sparker source and a high-resolution multichannel seismic streamer.
Location Southwest Puerto Rico, La Parguera, Guanica, Guayanilla, Ponce, Caribbean Sea, Guayanilla Canyon
Summary Approximately 250 kilometers of multichannel seismic-reflection profile data were collected between March 7 and 13, 2020 offshore of Southwest Puerto Rico between La Parguera and Ponce. The seismic data were acquired across portions of the insular shelf and the Caribbean Sea in the vicinity of Guayanilla Canyon using sparker sources and a digital 32-channel hydrophone streamer.
Info derived Seismic data to identify location and geometry of faults that reuptured to produce the M 6.4 mainshock, and the foreshocks and aftershocks.
Comments According to Wayne, equipment used: Geometrics GeoEel 32-channel streamer (1.5625 m groups); Applied Acoustics Delta sparker; SIG ELC minisparker; RBR Solo-D pressure depth loggers.
Projects
Platform
R/V Sultana
Length: 42 feet
Itinerary
Start UPRM Marine Laboratoy Isla Magueyez, La Parguera, PR 2020-03-07
End UPRM Marine Laboratoy Isla Magueyez, La Parguera, PR 2020-03-13
Days in the field 16
Bounds
West -67.03645
East -66.581641
North 17.993957
South 17.778188

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Uri Ten BrinkJason Chaytor
Crew members
Eric Moore
Scientist, Staff
Uri Ten Brink
Scientist, Staff
Jason Chaytor
Scientist, Staff
Wayne E Baldwin
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Wayne E Baldwin
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Environmental Data
Data type: Navigation, Depth, Sparker

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
WAAS/DGPS Hemisphere R131 Differential and WAAS (Wide Angle Augmentation System) enabled GPS receiver, with the navigational reference point antenna mounted on the mast atop the wheelhouse of the R/V Sultana. Navigation (no data reported)
Sparker The data associated with this system is attached to the GeoEel streamer. Multichannel seismic-reflection data were shot using multi-electrode sparker arrays (SIG ELC1200 in water depths < 100 m and Applied Acoustics Delta in water depths > 100 m) powered by an Applied Acoustics CPS-D power supply that was set to output between 200 and 2400 Joules. Sparker (no data reported)
GeoEel digital streamer Geometrics GeoEel digital streamer connected to a Geometrics Streamer Power Supply Unit (SPSU). Four 12.5 m solid state sections (1.5625 m group spacing) composed an active section of 50 m and 32 channels. Boomer, Multichannel, Sparker, Air Gun / Water Gun, Bubble Gun 6
RBRsolo-D depth logger 4 RBR solo depth loggers were spaced along the length of the active seismic streamer sections to log streamer depths during acquisition Depth (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2020-014-FA_MCS_cmp500 GeoEel digital streamer Shapefile containing multichannel seismic common mid-points (500 CMP reference interval). Wayne E Baldwin
2020-014-FA_MCS_cmpnav.csv GeoEel digital streamer Comma-separated formatted text file containing all multichannel seismic common mid-point navigation. Wayne E Baldwin
2020-014-FA_MCS_cmpTracklines GeoEel digital streamer Shapefile containing multichannel seismic common mid-point tracklines. Wayne E Baldwin
2020-014-FA_MCS_Images.zip GeoEel digital streamer Compressed zip archive of processed multichannel seismic profile images in PNG format. Wayne E Baldwin
2020-014-FA_MCS_Segy.zip GeoEel digital streamer Compressed zip archive of processed multichannel seismic profiles in SEG-Y format. Wayne E Baldwin
2020-014-FA_MCS_shtnav.csv GeoEel digital streamer Comma-separated formatted text file containing all multichannel seismic shot points. Wayne E Baldwin

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity