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Field Activity Details for field activity 1969-001-FA

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Other ID: ATTW PR II; CORPUS 4, T-1-69-PR, T-01-69-PR

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Louis E. Garrison

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sparker survey of Muertos Shelf, southeast Puerto Rico, and dredge sample Mona Passage.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Ponce, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 1969-01-17

End Date: 1969-01-29

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Seismic reflection, Grab sampler

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sparker lines: 12; Dredges: 2.

Staff: Louis E. Garrison, Barry Irwin, Jack Lee, James V. A. Trumbull

Affiliate Staff:
Jaimie Biaggi - Fomento; Greg Telek - Puerto Rico Nuclear Center/UPR-Mayaguez; John Duncan - USGS temp.
Princeton

Notes: Added InfoBank ID's 11/7/2017
Original Center People field contained: Louis Garrison - Ch. Sci., Corpus Christi; John Duncan - temp, Princeton; Porter Barry Irwin - Corpus Christi; Jack Lee - Corpus Christi; James Trumbull - San Juan.

Location:

south coast Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Mona Passage, United States, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 18.5218623 South: 17.77745889 West: -67.99748685 East: -66.42618477

Platform(s):

photo of Atlantic Twin
Atlantic Twin

Publications

Garrison, L.E., 1969, Structural geology of the Muertos insular shelf, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 69-103, 22 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr69103.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise log (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's daily log of data collection, equipment notes, ship movement, etc. The scanned logbook cover also refer to 2 other field activities - 1968-001-FA and 1968-002-FA, but the contents of the PDF are specific to this cruise.
Navigation log Loran-C Navigation log.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
Seismic reflection --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Sparker
1969-001-FA-SE-001 (Zip archive of seismic lines 1,3,4,5,9,13,14)
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology

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