Area of Operations: Puerto Rico trench, North America, North Atlantic
Dates: October 31, 2005 to November 03, 2005
Chief scientist: Uri ten Brink
Objectives: Pick up ocean bottom seismometers.
Type of Activity: Mooring work;
Information to be derived: Time series data;Morphology;
Summary: Picked up 9 out of 10 OBSes. One OBS (#9; middle one north of the trench) did not respond despite 4 hours of efforts. Lithium battery pack of OBS #5 exploded on board ~36 hours after recovery following a slow undetected fire in the battery sphere. No injuries and no damage. Only partial data recovery from the remaining instruments because of programming error of the instruments prior to deployment.
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InfoBank: uses the identifier W-1-05-PR. Visit this site for more information.
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