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Field Activity Details for field activity 2000-016-FA

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Other ID: CH-15-00; IB H-16-00-SR

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): William Dillon

Affiliate Investigator(s): Charles Paull - MBARI; D. Clay Kelly - WHOI; Richard Coffin - NRL

Information Specialist(s): Jefferey Nealon

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Coring for identification of age of event and sedimentary/chemical processes related to gas hydrate at Blake Ridge collapse feature. Collection of 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler data for bathymetry and structure.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC

End Port/Location: Duke Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC

Start Date: 2000-07-20

End Date: 2000-07-29

Equipment Used: Piston corer, ODEC 3.5 kHz, Gravity corer, DGPS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: ODEC Seismic reflection: 14 lines; Piston cores: 33 (240 shipboard analyses - see cruise narrative) stored in Woods Hole; Gravity (trigger) cores: 14, stored in Woods Hole.

Staff: Joseph S. Newell, Thomas O'Brien, Courtney Schupp, Jefferey Nealon, Robert Barton

Affiliate Staff:
Thomas Lorenson
USGS-Menlo Park
Co-Chief; Charles Paull
MBARI
Co-Chief; William Ussler
MBARI
Scientist; Thomas Naehr
MBARI
Scientist; Vicki Orphan
MBARI
Scientist; Katie Farnsworth
MBARI
Scientist; Walter Borowski
DePaw
Scientist; William Gwilliam
DOE/NETL
Scientist

Notes: Original Center People field contained: At sea: Thomas Lorenson, USGS-Menlo, Co-Chi; Jeffrey Nealon, USGS-Woods Hole, Scientist; Courtney Schupp, USGS-Woods Hole, Scientist; Tom O'Brien, USGS-Woods Hole, Scientist. Mobe/Trans: Joseph Newell and Robert Barton, Woods Hole.
Project = Gas hydrates, Gas hydrates

Location:

Blake Ridge, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 32.2 South: 31.5 West: -76.2 East: -75

Platform(s):

photo of Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, objective, cruise summary.
Core log Gravity corer Chief Scientist's listing of piston core locations and lengths and planned use (analysis).
Cruise log (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's listing of core locations and shotpoint/seismic lines.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Piston corer --- Geology
ODEC 3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Gravity corer --- Geology
DGPS --- Navigation
2000-016-FA-NL-002 (Chief Scientist's listing of piston core locations and lengths.)
2000-016-FA-NL-003 (Chief Scientist's listing of core locations and shotpoint/seismic lines. )
2000-016-FA-LN-001 (Chief Scientist's track map and core locations.)

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