Other ID: S3-86
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William J. Strahle
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect gravity data in Colombian waters.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Kingston, Jamaica
End Port/Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Start Date: 1986-12-25
End Date: 1986-12-30
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: Final of three legs. Gravity data were collected over the shallow parts of Rosalind Bank in the western Caribbean. Results are compatible with those gathered during the previous two legs.
Staff: James E. Dodd, Thomas O'Brien, William J. Strahle
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Project = Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Defense Mapping Agency Gravity
Location:
Rosalind Bank, Kingston, Jamaica, western Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 17 | South: 16 | West: -81 | East: -80 |
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 | |
| Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system | --- | Navigation | |
| 12 kHz | --- | Single Beam | 1986-032-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 12K) for lines ) |
