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Field Activity Details for field activity 1994-039-FA

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Other ID: PRNA 94

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Alan Cooper

Affiliate Investigator(s): Alan Cooper - PMG; Giuliano Brancolini - Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimental

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Study crustal structure and faults in Ross Sea.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Dunedin, New Zealand

End Port/Location: Bluff, New Zealand

Start Date: 1994-01-07

End Date: 1994-03-03

Equipment Used: 35 mm camera, Ocean Bottom Seismometer, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Gregory Miller

Affiliate Staff:
Alan Cooper - co-Ch. Sci. - PMG; Giuliano Brancolini - co-Ch. Sci. - OGS; Giulio Pellis - asst. Ch. Sci. - U Trieste; Frank Egloff - OBS tech. - U. Hamburg; Marco Bohnhoff - OBS tech. - U. Hamburg

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Greg Miller - OBS tech.
Project = OBS operations, OBS operations

Location:

Ross Sea, Antarctica;

Boundaries
North: -73.11360803 South: -77.9564938 West: -179.82744062 East: -163.80689411

Platform(s):

photo of Explora
Explora

Publications

Cooper, A.K., ten Brink, U.S., Zhang, J., and Miller, G.K., 1994, Initial field report—U.S. Geological Survey participation in the 1993/94 Antarctic Crustal Profile (ACRUP) seismic project, Ross Sea area, Antarctica: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-293, 21 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr94293.

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, OBS station locations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
35 mm camera --- Photo
1994-039-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field activity operations)
Ocean Bottom Seismometer --- Ocean Bottom Seismometer
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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