Other ID: IB E-67-00-EC
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Uri Ten Brink
Affiliate Investigator(s): Ingo Pecher - UTIG
Information Specialist(s): Ingo Pecher
Data Type(s): Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Sonar: Multibeam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: (1) To study the "plumbing system" of the gas and gas hydrate deposit on the Blake Ridge; and (2) to study the shear wave properties of gas-hydrate-bearing sediments.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Port Elizabeth, NJ
End Port/Location: Norfolk, VA
Start Date: 2000-09-02
End Date: 2000-10-17
Equipment Used: Air gun, Atlas Hydrosweep DS
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Gregory Miller, Jefferey Nealon, Joseph S. Newell
Affiliate Staff:
Robert Iuliucci
contractor; Ingo Pecher
co-chief scientist; Steve Holbrook - U. Wyoming; Dan Lizarralde - Georgia Tech.
Notes: Greg Miller and Jeff Nealon will travel to Port Elizabeth on Aug. 28 to help with equipment mobilization. Equipment will be driven to Port Elizabeth by Joe Newell(?) on a USGS truck. Original Center People field contained: Greg Miller and Jeff Nealon, mobilization only, Aug. 28 - Sep. 2; Joe Newell driving to Port Elizabeth and back, Aug. 28-29.
Project = Blake Ridge gas hydrates, Blake Ridge gas hydrates
Location:
Blake Ridge, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 32 | South: 31 | West: -76 | East: -75 |
Platform(s):
Maurice Ewing |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
Atlas Hydrosweep DS | --- | Multibeam |