APPENDIX B 



EXAMPLE COST ESTIMATE 



Location: Lake Erie from the New York-Pennsylvania border west to Toledo, Ohio 



Data Requirements; 



700 trackline miles of seismic reflection profiles, side- 

 scan sonar, and 150 cores 



Presurvey planning 

 Seismic operations 



a. Travel and equipment transport 



(1) Research vessel and crew 



(2) Seismic system 



(a) Seismic equipment and- two operators 



Cb) Truck rental 



(c) Electronics technician 



(3) Positioning system 



(4) Technical personnel 



(a) Project leader 



(b) Project geologist 



(c) Engineering technician 



b. Equipment and manpower 



CD 



(2) 



C3) 



Seismic data collection 



checkout and preparation 



(a) 



Cb) 



Seismic syste 

 (bench) 



Seismic system Cindudes system, 

 operators, and electronics technician 



1 Data collection for 700 trackline miles 



£ Contingency days 



5 Mobilization and demobilization 



£ System checkout (field) 



S^ Miscellaneous supplies 



Side-scan sonar data collection 



(a) Side-scan system checkout and preparation (bench) 



(b) Side-scan system (includes system and operators) 

 1^ Data collection 



2_ Contingency days 



3 Mobilization and demobilization 



4 System checkout (field) 

 £ Miscellaneous supplies 



Geographic positioning data collection 



(a) Positioning system checkout and preparation (bench) 



(b) Positioning system 

 1 Data collection 

 2^ Contingency days 



3 Ntobilization and demobilization 



4 System checkout (field) 



5 Shore station operators (technician and three 

 ~ student aids) 



20 days 



S days 



3 days 



O.S day 



Unit 



Item 



Subtotal 



cost 



cost 





2,400 



$ 2,400 



C$ 2,400) 



($ 65,225) 



5,150 



1.500 



1.500 



800 



800 



500 



500 



250 



250 



200 



2U0 



250 



250 



150 



150 



J600/day 



600/day 

 600/day 

 600/day 

 600/day 

 300 



12,000 



3,000 



1,800 



300 



300 



!0 days 



325/day 



6,500 



5 days 



325/day 



1,625 



3 days 



32S/day 



975 



0.5 day 



32S/day 



165 





300 



300 



!0 days 



400/day 



8,000 



5 days 



4 00/ day 



2,000 



3 days 



400/day 



1,200 



0.5 day 



400/day 



200 



!1 days 



260/day 



5,460 



18,600 



