U.S. Geological Survey
2014
Descriptions of the 10 bagged samples collected during 2008-008-FA from offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2008
1.0
Open-File Report
2014-1227
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology Program
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141227
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/ofr2014-1227-data_catalog.html
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/10-BaggedSamples/2008PR_bagged.zip
Shannon K. Hoy
Jason D. Chaytor
Uri S. ten Brink
2014
Core Data From Offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
1.0
Open-File Report
2014-1227
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141227
In 2008, as a collaborative effort between Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the U.S. Geological Survey, 20 giant gravity cores were collected from areas surrounding Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The regions sampled have had many large earthquake and landslide events, some of which are believed to have triggered tsunamis. The objective of this coring cruise, carried out aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel Seward Johnson, was to determine the age of several substantial slope failures and seismite layers near Puerto Rico in an effort to map their temporal distribution. Data gathered from the cores collected in 2008 and 11 archive cores from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory are included in this report. These data include lithologic logs, core summary sheets, x-ray fluorescence, wet-bulk density, magnetic susceptibility, grain-size analyses, radiographs, and radiocarbon age dates.
This provides the descriptions of the 10 bag samples collected from the core catcher or cutting head during 2008-008-FA.
For more information on the USGS cruise, please see: https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/fan_info.php?fan=2008-008-FA
20080317
20080323
ground condition; bag samples collected in 2008
None planned
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USGS Metadata Identifier
USGS:1c556a3c-1e67-4de3-b530-51aa52f79985
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U.S. Geological Survey
USGS
Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
WHCMSC
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
CMGP
cores
gravity cores
Cruise ID SJH08008
WHSC field activity 2008-008-FA
R/V Seward Johnson
bag samples
DOC
TXT
ISO 19115 Topic Category
oceans
geoscientificInformation
USGS Thesaurus
drilling and coring
field activity logs
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Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Atlantic
Caribbean
Caribbean Sea
Puerto Rico Trench
Mona Passage
Arecibo Amphitheater
Loiza Amphitheater
Whiting Basin
Virgin Island Basin
Anegada Passage
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Jason D. Chaytor
U.S. Geological Survey
Research Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2351
(508) 457-2310
jchaytor@usgs.gov
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/10-BaggedSamples/2008PR_bagged.jpg
Map of bag sample locations
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Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4095
Files were double checked that description matched the core that was being described.
This includes all bag samples from the 2008-008-FA. These samples either came from the core catcher or the cutting head or both. The naming convention is ##GGC, with GGC standing for giant gravity corer.
This document includes observations from the 10 sites during 2008-008-FA that yielded bag samples. The sites with only bag samples are: 1GGC, 2GGC, 3GGC, 6GGC, 11GGC, 32GGC, and 35GGC. Three sites provided a bag sample along with a core: 7GGC, 8GGC, and 9GGC. Missing numbers are due to failed sites as well as sites with a successful core but no bag sample.
Shannon K. Hoy
Jason D. Chaytor
Uri S. ten Brink
2014
Core data from offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
1.0
Open-File Report
2014-1227
Reston, VA
U.S. Geological Survey
https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/
physical samples
20080317
20080324
ground condition of core collection
GGC
The gravity cores collected during U.S. Geological Survey field activity 2008-008-FA. The Woods Hole Oceanographic Giant Gravity Corer (GGC) was used to collect the 20 cores in 2008. The gravity corer is a large diameter (10 centimeter) sampler that collects cores up to 6.5 meters in length. During field activity 2008-008-FA the corer was not rigged with liner longer than approximately 3 meters. Although cores were attempted at 40 core sites, core was recovered at only 20 sites. Seven additional sites yielded only samples (bagged) from the core catcher or cutting head. Of the 20 successful cores, three also have cutter/catcher bag samples.
The samples from the core catcher or cutting head were collected and bagged up during 2008-008-FA. This and the subsequent step were performed by the same person.
2008
Bag
Jason D. Chaytor
U.S. Geological Survey
Research Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2351
(508) 457-2310
jchaytor@usgs.gov
Back on shore, the bagged samples were analyzed by Jason Chaytor for compositional, color and textural information. These observations were denoted in a Microsoft Word document and saved as a doc and a txt file.
Bag
unknown
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20171003
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
USGS Thesaurus keywords added to the keyword section.
20180720
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Added keywords section with USGS persistent identifier as theme keyword.
20200908
U.S. Geological Survey
VeeAnn A. Cross
Marine Geologist
Mailing and Physical
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
508-548-8700 x2251
508-457-2310
vatnipp@usgs.gov
Although the core bag sample descriptions are not geospatial, they are related to the core locations which are available in the PRcore_locations shapefile available from https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/1-CoreLocations/PRcore_locations.zip
U.S. Geological Survey
Jason D. Chaytor
U.S. Geological Survey
Research Geologist
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
(508) 548-8700 x2351
(508) 457-2310
jchaytor@usgs.gov
Downloadable Data
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Micrsoft Word 2010
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The WinZip version 18 file contains a doc and a txt file of the descriptions of the 10 bag samples from 2008-008-FA from offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As well as FGDC metadata.
Use WinZip 18 or pkUnzip
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/10-BaggedSamples/2008PR_bagged.zip
txt
Microsoft 2010
text file
The WinZip version 18 file contains a doc and a txt file of the descriptions of the 10 bag samples from 2008-008-FA from offshore Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As well as FGDC metadata.
Use WinZip 18 or pkUnzip
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2014/1227/data/10-BaggedSamples/2008PR_bagged.zip
None.
The user must be able to unzip a WinZip18 file along with view a doc and a txt file.
20211116
U.S. Geological Survey
Shannon K. Hoy
Research Associate II
mailing and physical address
384 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole
MA
02543-1598
United States
(508) 548-8700 x2297
(508) 457-2310
whsc_data_contact@usgs.gov
The metadata contact email address is a generic address in the event the metadata contact is no longer with the USGS or the email is otherwise invalid.
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