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Field Activity Details for field activity 1970-003-FA

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Other ID: PR III; DR 70; CORPUS 10

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): Louis E. Garrison

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Seismic survey; profiling; sampling.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Start Date: 1970-04-04

End Date: 1970-04-14

Equipment Used: Visual navigation, Grab sampler, Single channel hydrophone, Sparker , 12 kHz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sample Log: #10a; Daily Log: #10b; Time Log: #10c. Seismic lines: 16; Bathymetry; Samples: 9.

Staff: Louis E. Garrison, James V. A. Trumbull

Affiliate Staff:
Steve Wolf

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Louis Garrison, James Trumbull, Jack ?
Project = Puerto Rico Co-op., Puerto Rico Co-op.

Location:

southern Puerto Rico shelf, north coast of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 19 South: 17 West: -68 East: -65

Platform(s):


Wando River

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Minimal information.
Seismic log Sparker Equipment description, daily log, and line start and end times. The scanned logbook cover also refers to 1 other field activity - 1970-004-FA, but the contents of the PDF are specific to this cruise.
Sample log. Grab sampler Sample locations and descriptions.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Visual navigation --- Navigation
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
Sparker --- Sparker
12 kHz --- Single Beam

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