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Field Activity Details for field activity 1998-051-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Claude (Wylie) Poag

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Nancy K. Soderberg

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun

Scientific Purpose/Goals: A one-day seismic reflection and marine gravity survey of the Chesapeake Bay bolide impact crater.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Portsmouth, VA

End Port/Location: Norfolk, VA

Start Date: 1998-10-15

End Date: 1998-10-16

Equipment Used: Gravity meter (wh), GPS (wh), Air gun, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: David Foster, Claude (Wylie) Poag

Affiliate Staff:
Joe Stennet
LDEO
Science Officer; Jeff Turmelle
LDEO
data reduction; Woody Hobbs
VIMS
faculty guest
watch stander; Bob Gammisch
VIMS
faculty guest
watch stander; George Pongonis
VIMS
faculty guest
watch stander; Steve Goodbred
VIMS
graduate student guest
watch stander; James Hall
Old Dominion U.
graduate student guest
watch stander; Shonia Becraft
Old Dominion U.
undergrad. student guest
watch stander

Notes: Original Center People field contained: C. Wylie Poag - Principal Investigator; Dave Foster - Shipboard Chief Scientist.
Project = Chesapeake Bay Bolide, Chesapeake Bay Bolide

Location:

Chesapeake Bay, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 37.475 South: 36.87167 West: -76.3642 East: -75.7575

Platform(s):

photo of Maurice Ewing
Maurice Ewing

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Equipment configuration and performance, processing steps for GPS navigation, Bell gravimeter and land-ties, Furono speed log, Young weather station, Omega sea temperature and airgun and streamer line data, scientific personnel, cruise summary.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Gravity meter (wh) --- Gravity
1998-051-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY2, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY3, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1-3, )
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
Air gun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1998-051-FA-SE-002 (CD ROM disk of AIRGUN GRAV RAW, PROCESSED 1-3, )
1998-051-FA-SE-001 (Digital tape(s) of AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY2, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY3, AIRGUN,GRAV-BAY1-3, )

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