Cruise Information EW0208
Shear Wave Studies of Hydrate Ridge

 

This 3-D survery was conducted at the Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia convergent margin, northwest Pacific. The seismic experiment used the R/V Maurice Ewing and the Joides Resolution to collect multichannel seismic (MCS) data, vertical seismic profile (VSP) data, and ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) data. This cruise was designed to acquire three sets of seismic data to map the elastic properties of gas hydrates. This was a three-part project to examine gas hydrate properties in the vicinity of an Ocean Drilling Program set of wells.

Chief Scientists:

Nathan L. Bangs
Ingo Pecher

Principal Investigators:

Nathan L. Bangs (NSF 0002487)
Ingo Pecher (NSF 0002487)

Data Originating Institution:

Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin

Funding Agency:

National Science Foundation

Access:

Limited access.

Data Classes at UTIG:

Processed

Data Types at UTIG:

MCS, OBS

LDEO cruise page

seismic sections
map
program summary information
scientific references
seismic acquisition parameters
processing history
OBS information and available data files
line start/end dates and times
available SEG-Y data - Processed
available SEG-Y data - Field
related documents

 

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Program Summary Information

NGDC Number

Platform

Maurice Ewing

Platform Operator

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Beginning Date

2002-08-12

Ending Date

2002-09-06

Start Port

Newport

End Port

Newport

Line Names

OBS: LOBS-31_37, LOBS-37-2, LOBS-41_43, OBS-01_09, OBS-11, OBS-13, OBS-15, OBS-17_19, OBS-21, OBS-24_26
MCS: HR1, HR2, HR3, HR3A, HR4, HR5, HR6, HR6A, HR7, HR7A, HR8, HR9, HR10, HR11, HR12, HR101, HR102, HR103, HR104, HR104, HR105, HR106, HR107, LOBS9, LOBS27, LOBS31, LOBS32, LOBS33, LOBS34, LOBS35, LOBS35-HR3, LOBS36, LOBS37, LOBS37-2, LOBS41, LOBS42, LOBS43, LW1250, LW1251

Location

Eastern Pacific

Navigation

LDEO field data

Cruise Report

PDF

Links

http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/hydrate_ridge/hydridge.htm

Comments

JOIDES Resolution VSP.
Line LOBS-17 (extending from 2002+248:04:41:18.902 000001 through 2002+248:06:29:00.905 000761) was entered into the log as OBS17. The UKOOA files are called obs17.0 (the real obs17 from day 235) and obs17.1 (actually lobs17 from day 248).

Scientific References
Kumar, D., 2005, Analysis of Multicomponent Seismic Data From the Hydrate Ridge, Offshore Oregon, Univ. of Texas at Austin PhD thesis, p. 179.

Kumar, D, Sen, M, K., Bangs, N. L., Wang, C., and Pecher, I., 2006, Seismic anisotropy at Hydrate Ridge, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33(1), DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023945..

Kumar, D., Sen, M. K., and Bangs, N. L., 2006, Seismic characteristics of gas hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, Leading Edge Tulsa, vol. 25(5), p. 610-614.

Kumar, D., Sen, M.K., and Bangs, N.L., 2007, Gas hydrate concentration and characteristics within Hydrate Ridge inferred from multicomponent seismic reflection data, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, p. B12306, DOI: 10.1029/2007JB004993.

Seismic Acquisition Parameters

Receiver Type

Seismometer:OceanBottom

Source Type

AirGun:GI

Acquisition System Name

Syntrack

Acquisition System Type

Seismic Navigation System

P-code GPS

Survey Datum

WGS84

Source to Near Channel (meters)

56

Antenna to Source (meters)

Number of Channels Recorded

120

Number of Cables

Number of Channels Each Cable

Channel Length (meters)

12.5

Cable Length (meters)

Cable Spacing (meters)

Near Channel Number

Cable Receiver Depth (meters)

4

Cable Receiver Depth Recorded

Number Source Arrays

FlipFlop Shooting

Source Array Separation (meters)

Source Volume (cubic inches)

210

Source Pressure (bars)

138

Source Number

2

Source Depth (meters)

2.5

Processing System

GEODEPTH

Shot Control

distance

Shot Interval (meters)

20

Sample Interval (microseconds)

1000

Record Length (seconds)

6

Compass Birds

Tail Buoy Positioning

Recording Delay

Comments

High-Res seismics and VSP.

General Processing Description
Data reduction was conducted by the OBS group at UTIG.

Line start/end dates and times

Line

Start date

Start
hr:min:sec

End date

End
hr:min:sec

Start shot

End Shot

Start
field Reel

End
field reel

HR1

2002-08-15

03:43:57

2002-08-15

08:42:24

1

1976

 

 

HR10

2002-08-31

14:02:10

2002-08-31

18:49:44

1

1993

 

 

HR101

2002-09-03

01:10:52

2002-09-03

06:30:55

 

 

HR102

2002-09-02

18:20:02

2002-09-02

23:49:17

 

 

HR103

2002-09-02

06:31:38

2002-09-02

12:33:47

 

 

HR104

2002-09-01

23:09:53

2002-09-02

05:17:23

 

 

HR105

2002-09-01

13:36:00

2002-09-01

17:07:13

 

 

HR106

2002-09-01

18:18:53

2002-09-01

21:44:08

 

 

HR107

2002-09-01

09:23:18

2002-09-01

12:45:49

1

1432

 

 

HR11

2002-08-31

19:54:47

2002-09-01

00:41:08

1

1993

 

 

HR12

2002-09-01

01:53:42

2002-09-01

06:46:57

15

1992

 

 

HR2

2002-08-29

10:26:00

2002-08-29

16:23:38

1

1988

 

 

HR3

2002-08-29

17:43:52

2002-08-29

22:45:22

15

1987

 

 

HR3A

2002-09-02

12:50:25

2002-09-02

17:13:56

 

 

HR4

2002-09-03

07:36:10

2002-09-03

12:21:53

 

 

HR5

2002-09-04

05:49:34

2002-09-04

10:35:01

 

 

HR6

2002-09-03

13:40:11

2002-09-03

15:29:54

 

 

HR6A

2002-09-03

18:04:33

2002-09-03

21:17:17

 

 

HR7

2002-09-03

21:19:18

2002-09-04

00:11:05

 

 

HR7A

2002-09-04

01:34:10

2002-09-04

05:09:22

 

 

HR8

2002-08-31

02:11:31

2002-08-31

07:04:42

1

1995

 

 

HR9

2002-08-31

08:07:19

2002-08-31

12:54:15

1

1994

 

 

LOBS27

2002-09-04

11:40:23

2002-09-04

14:03:33

 

 

LOBS31

2002-08-28

08:09:13

2002-08-28

10:41:47

1

601

 

 

LOBS32

2002-08-30

08:55:09

2002-08-30

11:12:07

1

601

 

 

LOBS33

2002-08-30

05:15:29

2002-08-30

07:20:11

1

601

 

 

LOBS34

2002-08-30

01:05:20

2002-08-30

03:42:53

1

601

 

 

LOBS35

2002-08-29

05:25:31

2002-08-29

07:33:44

1

601

 

 

LOBS36

2002-08-28

17:32:23

2002-08-28

21:08:14

1

601

 

 

LOBS37

2002-08-28

11:45:04

2002-08-28

17:32:10

1

601

 

 

LOBS41

2002-08-28

00:39:55

2002-08-28

05:00:05

1

1300

 

 

LOBS42

2002-08-29

00:06:30

2002-08-29

00:45:10

1

176

 

 

LOBS43

2002-08-29

02:23:47

2002-08-29

03:13:37

1

176

 

 

LW1251

2002-09-04

15:46:45

2002-09-04

21:26:34

 

 

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