Other ID: S1-87
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Barry Irwin
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): PARTNER
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collection of gravity and bathymetry data in and around the Cape Verde Islands as specified by DMA requirements.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Mindelo, Cape Verde
End Port/Location: Mindelo, Cape Verde
Start Date: 1987-02-22
End Date: 1987-03-21
Equipment Used: Racal/Decca Hyperfix, LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179, Echosounder, Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Barry Irwin, Carol M. Parmenter
Affiliate Staff:
Robin Bouse; Chuck Gilbert; Robert Bowles (contractor); John Ryland (Racal); Brian Franklin (J. Marr)
Notes: For gravity data, contact Michael A. Prugger, Office of GEOINT Sciences, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA); Michael.A.Prugger@nga.mil; 314-676-0863. Original Center People field contained: Barry Irwin (Ch. Sci.); Carol Parmenter; Robin Bouse; Chuck Gilbert.
Project = Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Defense Mapping Agency Gravity
Location:
Cape Verde Islands, Africa, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 18 | South: 13 | West: -27 | East: -22 |
Platform(s):
Starella |
Folger, D.W., Irwin, Barry J., McCullough, James R., Bouse, Robin M., Polloni, Christopher F., Dodd, James E., and O'Brien, T. F., 1990, Map showing free-air gravity anomalies around the Cape Verde Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2098-A, scale 1:750,000, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2098A.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment, and tabulated information. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Racal/Decca Hyperfix | --- | Navigation | |
LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 | --- | Gravity | 1987-006-FA-GP-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV/GRAV ARCHIVE, ) |
Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | 1987-006-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 12K) for lines ) |
Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system | --- | Navigation | 1987-006-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV/GRAV ARCHIVE, ) |