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Field Activity Details for field activity 1995-021-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David W. Folger

Affiliate Investigator(s): Monty Hampton - Menlo Park

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sampling: Geology

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Shelf sand resources reconnaissance.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 1995-07-12

End Date: 1995-07-23

Equipment Used: GPS (wh), ORE GeoPulse, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, Shipek grab

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: David Nichols, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
Michael Torresan - Menlo - watchstander; Juan Trias - San Juan - watchstander;

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols - ET/MT; Kenneth Parolski - ET/MT.
Project = Puerto Rico Insular Shelf Reconnaissance Mapping, Puerto Rico Insular Shelf Reconnaissance Mapping

Location:

Isla Culebra, Isla Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 18.35698 South: 18.11322 West: -65.6675 East: -65.2684

Platform(s):


Isla Magueyes

Publications

Hampton, M.A., Torresan, M.E., Trias, J.L., Folger, D.W., and Wong, F.L., 1997, Maps showing the surficial geology of the Culebra shelf, Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-290, 3 sheets, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97290.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, grab sample locations and descriptions, and sidescan sonar line list.
Seismic log (document not focused on specific equipment) Boomer and 3.5 kHz equipment configuration, line start and end times, data acquisition notes. Also includes trackmap.
Sample log Shipek grab Station log for Shipek sampler containing sample number, location, water depth, and visual description.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
1995-021-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 95021)
ORE GeoPulse --- Boomer
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1995-021-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )
Shipek grab --- Geology

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