V3618 Seismic Reflection/Refraction

Seismic:Navigation

Location information for Single-channel Seismic Reflection images from offshore Kenya, east Africa, acquired during the R/V Vema expedition V3618 (1980)

Rabinowitz, Philip

Investigator

TAMU

Device Info

Seismic:SCS

LDEO

Platform

Vema (Array)

LDEO

Quality

Data have not been processed or modified since acquisition (e.g. Realtime navigation or sonar data, raw images etc.).

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Source Information

AirGun (BOLT:1500C)

Source Number: 2

Volume (cu in): 932

Pressure (psi): 2000

Depth (m): 7

Distance to Near Channel (m): 140

Number of Arrays: 1

Receiver Information

Hydrophone:Streamer

Number of Cables: 1

Channels Per Cable: 12

Channels Recorded: 12

Group Spacing (m): 100

Cable Depth (m): 10

Near Channel Number: 12

Used Active Tail Buoy: false

Used Compass Birds: false

Nav System

Acquisition System

Digital

Name: DFSIV

Sample Interval (msec): 4

Record Length (sec): 12.288

(Recording Delay Used)

Details

antenna to stern=53 meters (recently from Bill Robinson who installed the antenna

stern to source=UNKNOWN

shot control description=shot by time to give 50 meter shot spacing

navigation type=Navy transit satellite fixes plus dead reckoning

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Source Information

AirGun

Receiver Information

Hydrophone:Streamer

Used Active Tail Buoy: false

Used Compass Birds: false

Nav System

Navy Transit Satellite fixes plus dead reckoning

WGS72

Acquisition System

Digital

Name: DFS IV

(Recording Delay Used)

Details

Receiver Type: Hydrophone_Streamer

Source Type: SeismicSource_Gun_Air

Acquisition System Name: DFS IV

Acquisition System Type: digital

Seismic Nav System: Navy Transit Satellite fixes plus dead reckoning

Survey Datum: WGS72

Source to Near Channel (m): 140

Antenna to Source (m): unknown; antenna to stern = 53 m; stern to source = unknown

Number of Channels Recorded: 12

Channel Length (m): 100

Cable Receiver Depth (m): 10

Source Volume (cubicInches): 932

Source Pressure (bars): 138

Source Number: 2

Source Depth (m): 7

Shot Control: time

Shot Interval (s or m): null

Compass Birds: no

Tail Buoy Positioning: no

Recording Delay: yes

V3618 Documents

Science Report

Cruise

V3618.cruiserpt.pdf (66.0kB)

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Watchstander Log

Seismic recording log

V3618_mcs_observer_log.pdf (3.8MB)

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Seismic:Reflection:SCS

Single-Channel Seismic images from offshore Kenya, east Africa, acquired during the R/V Vema expedition V3618 (1980)

Platform Info

Array:Vema

LDEO

Device Info

Seismic:SCS

LDEO

Locale

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Details

Seismic Reflection converted from photographic negative

Rabinowitz, Philip

TAMU

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