Weigelt, Estella; Schmidt-Aursch, Mechita; Jokat, Wilfried (2026): Raw seismic refraction data recorded during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS64, Arctic Ocean, profile AWI-20030200 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.993331
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Published: 2026-04-17 • DOI registered: 2026-06-02
Abstract:
As part of RV Polarstern cruise PS64, four seismic refraction profiles were collected across the East-Greenland margin to study the crustal architecture and tectonic evolution of the margin. The acquired data set covers data from a total of 126 stations, including 17 on land stations. The northernmost line AWI-20030200 crossed the margin at 76°N to gain detailed information on the evolution of the Greenland Escarpment. The other three lines (AWI-20030300, AWI-20030400, and AWI20030500) more in the south were located in the prolongation of the Ardencaple, Godthaab and Kaiser Franz Josef fjords. Here, in addition to the ocean bottom seismometers, stations were deployed onshore to have a better image on the structure of a pronounced negative magnetic anomaly. Seismic energy was generated with an array of 5x9L airguns and a 32L airgun. The refracted signals were collected by three components ocean bottom seismometers (OBS), ocean bottom hydrophones (OBH), and onshore by three components seismometers (REFTEK) provided by GEOMAR and AWI. Profiling started on 8 August 2003 at 76.7933°N, -12.9672°W, and ended on 14 September 2003 at 73.5489°N, -24.6630°E. Along each profile between 25 and 35 recording stations were deployed. All instruments were successfully recovered after finishing the experiment. Survey information and detailed data acquisition parameters for the profiles are documented in the expedition report (Jokat, 2004) and in a metadata-file listed below.
The present data set provides raw data concerning the refraction seismic profile AWI-20030200. 15 OBS and 10 OBH stations were deployed along a 335 km long line. The data set comprises for the whole profile (a) the scanned field protocol, (b) a table with all compiled metadata and information on the stations, (c) navigational data with shot point positions, (d) navigational data with station positions, and (e) an overall ReadMe-file with information on the whole seismic refraction experiment. For each station the set comprises (f) original raw data files (in mbl- or mbs-data format depending on type of data logger), (g) raw data converted to pascal-format with send2pas software, (h) auxiliary data and (i) log-files.
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Related to:
Jokat, Wilfried; Schenke, Hans Werner (2005): Track of POLARSTERN cruise ARK-XIX/4a with links to navigation files in 1 and 10 sec interval [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.341207
Schenke, Hans Werner (2005): Swath sonar bathymetry during POLARSTERN cruise ARK-XIX/4a (PS64) with links to multibeam raw data files [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.351141
Stein, Ruediger (2019): The Expedition PS115/2 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2018. Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung = Reports on Polar and Marine Research, 728, 249 pp, https://doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0728_2019
Other version:
Weigelt, Estella; Schmidt-Aursch, Mechita; Jokat, Wilfried (2026): Primary seismic refraction data recorded during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS64, Arctic Ocean, profile AWI-20030200 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.993460
Additional metadata:
Project(s):
Marine Geophysics @ AWI (AWI_GeoPhy)
Funding:
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF), grant/award no. ZT-I-PF-3-068: MetaSeis - Metadata concept for OBS and 3D Seismic data for the German Community
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 75.786864 * Median Longitude: -8.376670 * South-bound Latitude: 75.029900 * West-bound Longitude: -11.702800 * North-bound Latitude: 76.536900 * East-bound Longitude: -5.128500
Date/Time Start: 2003-08-21T16:21:00 * Date/Time End: 2003-08-24T11:31:00
Minimum ELEVATION: -3607 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: -285 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
PS64/493-1 (OBS201) * Latitude: 75.029900 * Longitude: -5.128400 * Date/Time: 2003-08-21T16:21:00 * Elevation: -3607.0 m * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: ARK-XIX/4a (PS64) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS)
PS64/494-1 (OBS202) * Latitude: 75.094800 * Longitude: -5.401600 * Date/Time: 2003-08-21T17:05:00 * Elevation: -3585.0 m * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: ARK-XIX/4a (PS64) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS)
PS64/496-1 (OBS204) * Latitude: 75.218600 * Longitude: -5.924800 * Date/Time: 2003-08-21T18:23:00 * Elevation: -3556.0 m * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: ARK-XIX/4a (PS64) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 2 | Station label | Station | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 3 | Date/time start | Date/time start | Weigelt, Estella | Sync Time UTC | ||
| 4 | Date/time start | Date/time start | Weigelt, Estella | Recording UTC | ||
| 5 | Date/time start | Date/time start | Weigelt, Estella | Deployment UTC | ||
| 6 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Weigelt, Estella | Geocode | ||
| 7 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Weigelt, Estella | Geocode | ||
| 8 | ELEVATION | Elevation | m a.s.l. | Weigelt, Estella | Geocode | |
| 9 | Date/time end | Date/time end | Weigelt, Estella | Recovery, releaser time, local time | ||
| 10 | Date/time end | Date/time end | Weigelt, Estella | Recording UTC | ||
| 11 | Date/time end | Date/time end | Weigelt, Estella | Skewtime UTC | ||
| 12 | Clock skew | Skew | µs | Weigelt, Estella | ||
| 13 | Instrument | Instrument | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 14 | Recorder type | Recorder | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 15 | Recorder, serial number | Recorder SN | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 16 | Seismometer type | Seismometer | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 17 | Seismometer, serial number | Seismometer SN | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 18 | Hydrophone type | Hydrophone | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 19 | Hydrophone type | Hydrophone | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 20 | Releaser, serial number | Releaser SN | Weigelt, Estella | |||
| 21 | Hydrophone gain | Hydrophone gain | Weigelt, Estella | Hydro 1 | ||
| 22 | Seismometer gain | Seismometer gain | Weigelt, Estella | X Seis 2 | ||
| 23 | Seismometer gain | Seismometer gain | Weigelt, Estella | Y Seis 3 | ||
| 24 | Seismometer gain | Seismometer gain | Weigelt, Estella | Z Seis 4 | ||
| 25 | Sampling rate | Sampling rate | Hz | Weigelt, Estella | ||
| 26 | Binary Object | Binary | Weigelt, Estella | Raw data files (passcal-format) | ||
| 27 | Binary Object | Binary | Weigelt, Estella | Log file (Binary) | ||
| 28 | Binary Object | Binary | Weigelt, Estella | Raw data files (Binary) *.mbs or *.mls depending on data-logger | ||
| 29 | Binary Object | Binary | Weigelt, Estella | Auxiliary data (Binary) | ||
| 30 | File name | File name | Weigelt, Estella | Original names of rawdata-files transformed from mbs/mls-format with send2pas into passcal-format |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 1 (ProcLevel1)
Size:
621 data points