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Field Activity Details for field activity 1970-004-FA

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Other ID: CORPUS 11

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, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution seismic survey.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

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

Start Date: 1970-04-09

End Date: 1970-04-14

Equipment Used: Sparker , Visual navigation, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived: Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sparker; High-resolution continuous seismic reflection profiles: 277 km.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Project = Tektite II - Virgin Islands Co-op, Tektite II - Virgin Islands Co-op

Location:

Virgin Islands platform, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, northeast Caribbean, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 18.3 South: 18.2 West: -65.01 East: -64.7

Platform(s):

photo of Advance II
Advance II

Publications

Garrison, L.E., Holmes, C.W., and Trumbull, J.V.A., 1971, Geology of the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 71-117, 38 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr71117.

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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 - 1970-003-FA, but the contents of the PDF are specific to this cruise.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sparker --- Sparker
Visual navigation --- Navigation
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler

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