Other ID: GUAT 79
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Frank W. Jennings
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct a preliminary survey of caldera lakes in Guatemala in preparation for next year's field work.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Atitlan, Guatemala
End Port/Location: Lago de Izabal, Guatemala
Start Date: 1979-03-09
End Date: 1979-03-18
Equipment Used: 3.5 kHz, Visual navigation, Air gun, Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived: Bathymetric maps; Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Seismic lines were run and cores collected.
Staff: Frank W. Jennings, Charles Paull
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: No cruise report.
Location:
Lago de Atitlan, Lago de Izabal, Guatemala, Central America, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 15.75 | South: 14.6 | West: -91.3 | East: -88.95 |
Platform(s):
Unknown |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1979-036-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines ) |
Visual navigation | --- | Navigation | 1979-036-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 79036) |
Air gun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1979-036-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of ) |