Other ID: S2-86
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James E. Dodd
Affiliate Investigator(s): John Gann - USGS-Menlo Park
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect gravity data in Jamaican, Honduran, and Colombian waters.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Kingston, Jamaica
End Port/Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Start Date: 1986-11-25
End Date: 1986-12-21
Equipment Used: LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179, Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system, 12 kHz
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Gravity data were collected along 5727 km of 18 km-spaced tracklines in the area between Jamaica and Honduras.
Staff: James E. Dodd, George R. Driscoll, David W. Folger, David Mason, William J. Strahle
Affiliate Staff:
John Gann - Chief Scientist
USGS-Menlo Park; Ed Pinson - DMA
Cheyenne; Rene Chinchilla - Navy
Honduras; Hugo Canas - Ingeominas
Colombia
Notes: Project = Parent Project: Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Parent Project: Defense Mapping Agency Gravity
Location:
Kingston, Jamaica, western Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 17 | South: 15 | West: -87 | East: -77 |
Platform(s):
 Starella |
Folger, D.W., Irwin, Barry J., McCullough, James R., Dodd, James E., Bouse, Robin M., Bowin, Carl O., Polloni, Christopher F., Strahle, William J., Gann, John T., and Gilbert, Charles, 1990, Map showing free-air gravity anomalies in parts of the western Caribbean Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2097-A, scale 1:1,500,000, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2097A.
Irwin, B.J., 1989, Raw gravity and navigation data from R/V Starella cruise S1-86, S2-86, S3-86 in the Caribbean Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-043, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9043.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 | --- | Gravity | 1986-030-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV/GRAV ARCHIVE, ) |
| Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system | --- | Navigation | 1986-030-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV/GRAV ARCHIVE, ) |
| 12 kHz | --- | Single Beam | 1986-030-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 12K) for lines ) |
