Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) data across the Caribbean-northeastern South America arc-continent collision zone, acquired during the R/V Maurice Ewing survey EW0404 (2004)

Three teams were involved in the active-source seismic field program: 1) A science party aboard the R/V <i>Maurice Ewing</i> (co-chief scientists P. Mann and D. Sawyer) acquired approximately 6000 km of seismic reflection data. 2) A science party aboard the R/V <i>Seward Johnson II</i> (chief scientist G. Christeson, <a href=#rel_docs>cruise report</a>) deployed and recovered ocean bottom seismometers (OBSs) along 5 transects; the <i>Ewing</i> provided the seismic source for these instruments. 3) A science party in Venezuela and the ABC islands deployed and recovered seismographs along 4 transects and the island arc; the <i>Ewing</i> and 8 land shots provided the seismic source for these instruments. The purpose was to carry out a geologic-geophysical investigation to test hypotheses related to arc-continent collision and accretion, HP/LT rock exhumation and development of folded belts. Funded by NSF grant OCE0003588.