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Weigelt, Estella; Schmidt-Aursch, Mechita; Jokat, Wilfried (2026): Primary seismic refraction data recorded during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS64, Arctic Ocean, profile AWI-20030400 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993462 (DOI registration in progress)

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Published: 2026-04-17

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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 AWI-20030500) 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 primary data concerning the refraction seismic profile AWI-20030400. 14 OBS, 15 OBH and 4 Reftek stations were deployed along a 322 km long line. The data set comprises (a) a table with compiled metadata and information on all stations, and (b) seismic refraction data in segy-format stored as big-endian (*_be.sgy) and little-endian (*_le.sgy) for each channel. The EBCDIC-Headers enclosed in the seg-y files document metadata, recording parameters, and the seismic data processing sequence. Navigation information is included in the seg-y headers.
Keyword(s):
AWI-20030400; AWI_Geophysics; East Greenland Margin; PS64; RV Polarstern; Seismic refraction data
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
Source:
Weigelt, Estella; Schmidt-Aursch, Mechita; Jokat, Wilfried (2026): Raw seismic refraction data recorded during RV POLARSTERN cruise PS64, Arctic Ocean, profile AWI-20030400 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.993411
Additional metadata:
Project(s):
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 73.680979 * Median Longitude: -17.250418 * South-bound Latitude: 73.186000 * West-bound Longitude: -21.949200 * North-bound Latitude: 74.232200 * East-bound Longitude: -12.863400
Date/Time Start: 2003-09-07T08:09:00 * Date/Time End: 2003-09-10T14:21:00
Minimum ELEVATION: -2774 m a.s.l. * Maximum ELEVATION: 155 m a.s.l.
Event(s):
ARK2009_REFTEK_430  * Latitude: 74.056500 * Longitude: -20.833800 * Date/Time Start: 2003-09-07T18:27:00 * Date/Time End: 2003-09-10T13:20:00 * Elevation: 100.0 m * Location: Greenland * Method/Device: Geophone, REFTEK
ARK2009_REFTEK_431  * Latitude: 74.101500 * Longitude: -21.274800 * Date/Time Start: 2003-09-07T19:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2003-09-10T13:52:00 * Elevation: 105.0 m * Location: Greenland * Method/Device: Geophone, REFTEK
ARK2009_REFTEK_432  * Latitude: 74.154000 * Longitude: -21.475200 * Date/Time Start: 2003-09-07T20:22:00 * Date/Time End: 2003-09-10T14:21:00 * Elevation: 80.0 m * Location: Greenland * Method/Device: Geophone, REFTEK
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEventWeigelt, Estella
Station labelStationWeigelt, Estella
Date/time startDate/time startWeigelt, EstellaSync Time UTC
Date/time startDate/time startWeigelt, EstellaRecording UTC
Date/time startDate/time startWeigelt, EstellaDeployment UTC
LONGITUDELongitudeWeigelt, EstellaGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeWeigelt, EstellaGeocode
ELEVATIONElevationm a.s.l.Weigelt, EstellaGeocode
Date/time endDate/time endWeigelt, EstellaRecovery, releaser time, local time
10 Date/time endDate/time endWeigelt, EstellaRecording UTC
11 Date/time endDate/time endWeigelt, EstellaSkewtime UTC
12 Clock skewSkewµsWeigelt, Estella
13 InstrumentInstrumentWeigelt, Estella
14 Recorder typeRecorderWeigelt, Estella
15 Recorder, serial numberRecorder SNWeigelt, Estella
16 Seismometer typeSeismometerWeigelt, Estella
17 Seismometer, serial numberSeismometer SNWeigelt, Estella
18 Hydrophone typeHydrophoneWeigelt, Estella
19 Hydrophone typeHydrophoneWeigelt, Estella
20 Releaser, serial numberReleaser SNWeigelt, Estella
21 Record lengthLengthsWeigelt, Estella
22 Hydrophone gainHydrophone gainWeigelt, EstellaHydro 1
23 Seismometer gainSeismometer gainWeigelt, EstellaX Seis 2
24 Seismometer gainSeismometer gainWeigelt, EstellaY Seis 3
25 Seismometer gainSeismometer gainWeigelt, EstellaZ Seis 4
26 Seismometer gainSeismometer gainWeigelt, EstellaZ Seis CH1or4
27 Seismometer gainSeismometer gainWeigelt, EstellaZ Seis CH2or5
28 Seismometer gainSeismometer gainWeigelt, EstellaZ Seis CH3or6
29 Sampling rateSampling rateHzWeigelt, Estella
30 SEGY fileSEGYWeigelt, Estellabig-endian, CH 0
31 SEGY fileSEGYWeigelt, Estellabig-endian, CH 3
32 SEGY fileSEGYWeigelt, Estellalittle-endian, CH 0
33 SEGY fileSEGYWeigelt, Estellalittle-endian, CH 3
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 2 (ProcLevel2)
Size:
663 data points

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Event

Station

Date/time start
(Sync Time UTC)

Date/time start
(Recording UTC)

Date/time start
(Deployment UTC)

Longitude

Latitude

Elevation [m a.s.l.]

Date/time end
(Recovery, releaser time, loca...)
10 
Date/time end
(Recording UTC)
11 
Date/time end
(Skewtime UTC)
12 
Skew [µs]
13 
Instrument
14 
Recorder
15 
Recorder SN
16 
Seismometer
17 
Seismometer SN
18 
Hydrophone
19 
Hydrophone
20 
Releaser SN
21 
Length [s]
22 
Hydrophone gain
(Hydro 1)
23 
Seismometer gain
(X Seis 2)
24 
Seismometer gain
(Y Seis 3)
25 
Seismometer gain
(Z Seis 4)
26 
Seismometer gain
(Z Seis CH1or4)
27 
Seismometer gain
(Z Seis CH2or5)
28 
Seismometer gain
(Z Seis CH3or6)
29 
Sampling rate [Hz]
30 
SEGY
(big-endian, CH 0)
31 
SEGY
(big-endian, CH 3)
32 
SEGY
(little-endian, CH 0)
33 
SEGY
(little-endian, CH 3)
PS64/598-1 20030400st4012003-09-07T06:43:002003-09-07T06:43:152003-09-07T08:09-12.863473.1860-27742003-09-09T19:252003-09-09T20:40:592003-09-09T20:41:199OBHMBS/1-Bein20508--HTI386349525020030400st401ch0_be.sgy20030400st401ch0_le.sgy
PS64/599-1 20030400st4022003-09-07T06:58:002003-09-07T06:58:222003-09-07T08:51-13.119773.2142-27072003-09-09T20:252003-09-09T21:27:062003-09-09T21:27:160OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein20505LG4OAS114A54517171725020030400st402ch0_be.sgy20030400st402ch0_le.sgy
PS64/600-1 20030400st4032003-09-07T07:10:002003-09-07T07:10:252003-09-07T09:26-13.396873.2416-26662003-09-09T21:082003-09-09T22:24:262003-09-09T22:26:00OBSMLS/1-Bein991241--HTI404A495200
PS64/601-1 20030400st4042003-09-07T08:04:002003-09-07T08:04:352003-09-07T10:01-13.664373.2708-26272003-09-09T22:042003-09-09T23:11:422003-09-09T23:11:500OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein20501LG8OAS35B219517171725020030400st404ch0_be.sgy20030400st404ch0_le.sgy
PS64/602-1 20030400st4052003-09-07T08:16:002003-09-07T08:16:102003-09-07T10:36-13.930273.3022-25852003-09-09T22:522003-09-10T00:41:462003-09-10T00:41:55-10OBHMBS/1-Bein980401--HTI24C679525020030400st405ch0_be.sgy20030400st405ch0_le.sgy
PS64/603-1 20030400st4062003-09-07T08:28:002003-09-07T08:28:442003-09-07T11:13-14.209873.3358-25032003-09-10T00:292003-09-10T01:31:222003-09-10T01:31:4722OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein980901Owen9OAS94A44517171725020030400st406ch0_le.sgy20030400st406ch0_le.sgy
PS64/604-1 20030400st4072003-09-07T08:41:002003-09-07T08:42:102003-09-07T11:47-14.489573.3657-24072003-09-10T01:172003-09-10T02:16:072003-09-10T02:18:00OBHMLS/1-Bein20601--OAS316354520020030400st407ch0_be.sgy20030400st407ch0_le.sgy
PS64/605-1 20030400st4082003-09-07T08:51:002003-09-07T08:51:142003-09-07T12:28-14.753173.3978-22762003-09-10T02:032003-09-10T03:08:132003-09-10T03:08:423OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein991292LG10OAS21D674517171725020030400st408ch0_be.sgy20030400st408ch0_le.sgy
PS64/606-1 20030400st4092003-09-07T09:45:002003-09-07T09:45:122003-09-07T13:02-15.031673.4297-20932003-09-10T02:502003-09-10T04:39:312003-09-10T04:39:39-13OBHMBS/1-Bein971201--HTI34C444520020030400st409ch0_be.sgy20030400st409ch0_le.sgy
PS64/607-1 20030400st4102003-09-07T09:17:002003-09-11T05:24:462003-09-07T13:38-15.310273.4607-18082003-09-10T04:182003-09-07T09:17:172003-09-10T05:24:536OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein20503Owen2OAS4436195171717250
PS64/608-1 20030400st4112003-09-07T09:59:002003-09-07T09:59:262003-09-07T14:14-15.589573.4931-14182003-09-10T05:492003-09-10T06:32:252003-09-10T06:34:00OBHMLS/3-Bein10404--OAS32B559520020030400st411ch0_be.sgy20030400st411ch0_le.sgy
PS64/609-1 20030400st4122003-09-07T10:29:002003-09-07T10:29:132003-09-07T14:49-15.854873.5219-8922003-09-10T06:532003-09-10T07:47:082003-09-10T07:47:18-12OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein980402Owen?OAS755929517171725020030400st412ch0_be.sgy20030400st412ch0_le.sgy
PS64/610-1 20030400st4132003-09-07T10:53:002003-09-07T10:59:502003-09-07T15:24-16.120273.5528-2862003-09-10T08:102003-09-10T08:35:242003-09-10T08:37:00OBHMLS/1-Bein991252--HTI356334520020030400st413ch0_be.sgy20030400st413ch0_le.sgy
PS64/611-1 20030400st4142003-09-07T11:10:002003-09-07T11:10:282003-09-07T15:59-16.383473.5839-2812003-09-10T08:542003-09-10T09:19:452003-09-10T09:19:560OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein20507Owen1OAS506969517171725020030400st414ch0_be.sgy20030400st414ch0_le.sgy
PS64/612-1 20030400st4152003-09-07T11:27:002003-09-07T11:27:472003-09-07T16:35-16.666273.6167-3472003-09-10T09:382003-09-10T10:42:052003-09-10T10:44:00OBHMLS/1-Bein20801--HTI234949520020030400st415ch0_be.sgy20030400st415ch0_le.sgy
PS64/613-1 20030400st4162003-09-07T11:48:002003-09-07T11:51:532003-09-07T17:11-16.937273.6496-2932003-09-10T10:262003-09-10T10:43:382003-09-10T11:04:38-9OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein971202.LG3HTI453A06517171725020030400st416ch0_be.sgy20030400st416ch0_le.sgy
PS64/614-1 20030400st4172003-09-07T12:13:002003-09-07T12:13:182003-09-07T17:47-17.219073.6827-2872003-09-10T11:122003-09-10T11:26:052003-09-10T11:41:21-5OBHMBS/1-Bein990901--HTI315924525020030400st417ch0_be.sgy20030400st417ch0_le.sgy
PS64/615-1 20030400st4182003-09-07T12:38:002003-09-07T12:38:512003-09-07T18:24-17.485873.7117-2732003-09-10T11:572003-09-10T12:23:462003-09-10T12:23:537OBS+hydrophoneMBS/3-Bein20509Owen22HTI283669517171725020030400st418ch0_be.sgy20030400st418ch3_be.sgy20030400st418ch0_le.sgy20030400st418ch3_le.sgy
PS64/616-1 20030400st4192003-09-07T12:48:002003-09-07T12:48:162003-09-07T18:58-17.763973.7415-2882003-09-10T12:422003-09-10T13:17:002003-09-10T13:17:07-18OBHMBS/1-Bein991202--HTI39A314525020030400st419ch0_be.sgy20030400st419ch0_le.sgy
PS64/617-1 20030400st4202003-09-07T13:13:002003-09-07T13:14:062003-09-07T19:32-18.031073.7701-3002003-09-10T13:422003-09-10T14:08:172003-09-10T14:08:246OBS+hydrophoneMBS/Walze920902Owen21OAS373664517171725020030400st420ch0_be.sgy20030400st420ch0_le.sgy
PS64/618-1 20030400st4212003-09-07T13:24:002003-09-07T13:24:202003-09-07T20:09-18.313973.8015-2322003-09-10T14:322003-09-10T14:51:442003-09-10T14:51:56-8OBHMBS/1-Bein10703--OAS41C459525020030400st421ch0_be.sgy20030400st421ch0_le.sgy
PS64/619-1 20030400st4222003-09-07T13:42:002003-09-07T13:42:372003-09-07T20:44-18.601673.8348-1772003-09-10T15:212003-09-10T15:50:282003-09-10T15:50:379OBS+hydrophoneMBS/Walze980906Owen4OAS?3679517171725020030400st422ch0_be.sgy20030400st422ch0_le.sgy
PS64/620-1 20030400st4232003-09-07T13:55:002003-09-07T13:55:262003-09-07T21:18-18.877473.8691-1742003-09-10T16:132003-09-10T16:57:222003-09-10T16:57:40-13OBHMBS/1-Bein1008--OASAWIB489525020030400st423ch0_be.sgy20030400st423ch0_le.sgy
PS64/621-1 20030400st4242003-09-07T14:24:002003-09-07T14:24:372003-09-07T21:50-19.146173.9002-1732003-09-10T17:042003-09-10T18:21:582003-09-10T18:22:183OBS+hydrophoneMBS/Walze980903Owen3OAS25A319517171725020030400st424ch0_be.sgy20030400st424ch0_le.sgy
PS64/622-1 20030400st4252003-09-07T14:40:002003-09-07T14:41:052003-09-07T22:24-19.424473.9317-1242003-09-10T17:552003-09-10T19:08:442003-09-10T19:08:54-7OBHMBS/1-Bein609--OAS4AWIB474525020030400st425ch0_be.sgy20030400st425ch0_le.sgy
PS64/623-1 20030400st4262003-09-07T15:22:002003-09-07T15:24:472003-09-07T23:00-19.717973.9659-3082003-09-10T18:382003-09-10T19:25:072003-09-10T19:25:17-13OBS+hydrophoneMBS/Walze10701Owen6OAS120398+0355517171725020030400st426ch0_be.sgy20030400st426ch0_le.sgy
PS64/624-1 20030400st4272003-09-07T16:06:002003-09-07T16:06:182003-09-07T23:37-20.001574.0001-3002003-09-10T18:452003-09-10T20:05:452003-09-10T20:05:52-26OBHMBS/1-Bein10706--OASAWI?9314525020030400st427ch0_be.sgy20030400st427ch0_le.sgy
PS64/625-1 20030400st4282003-09-07T16:43:002003-09-07T16:43:402003-09-08T00:14-20.277574.0310-2352003-09-10T19:302003-09-10T20:49:022003-09-10T20:49:071OBS+hydrophoneMBS/Walze980907LG0HTI370399-0355517171725020030400st428ch0_be.sgy20030400st428ch0_le.sgy
PS64/626-1 20030400st4292003-09-07T17:10:002003-09-07T17:11:252003-09-08T00:51-20.550974.0653-1862003-09-10T20:132003-09-10T21:33:352003-09-10T21:33:4212OBHMBS/1-Bein20510--OAS5B479525020030400st429ch0_be.sgy20030400st429ch0_le.sgy
ARK2009_REFTEK_430 20030400st4302003-09-07T18:27:00-20.833874.05651002003-09-10T13:20:00Landstation(Reftek)Reftek6032323210020030400st430ch0_be.sgy20030400st430ch0_le.sgy
ARK2009_REFTEK_431 20030400st4312003-09-07T19:00:00-21.274874.10151052003-09-10T13:52:00Landstation(Reftek)Reftek6032323210020030400st431ch0_be.sgy20030400st431ch0_le.sgy
ARK2009_REFTEK_432 20030400st4322003-09-07T20:22:00-21.475274.1540802003-09-10T14:21:00Landstation(Reftek)Reftek6032323210020030400st432ch0_be.sgy20030400st432ch0_le.sgy
ARK2009_REFTEK_433 20030400st4332003-09-07T19:06:00-21.949274.23221552003-09-10T13:40:00Landstation(Reftek)Reftek6032323210020030400st433ch0_be.sgy20030400st433ch0_le.sgy