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Field Activity Details for field activity 1968-002-FA

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Other ID: TRID PR I; CORPUS 1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Louis E. Garrison

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Environmental Data: Temperature

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 1968-03-25

End Date: 1968-03-30

Equipment Used: Niskin bottle, Plankton nets, Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl, Dredge, Echosounder, Marine magnetometer, XBT

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Louis E. Garrison

Affiliate Staff:
Ted
Art
Harvey
John Symonds - Ch. Engineer

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Louis Garrison - Ch. Sci., Corpus Christi.

Location:

Puerto Rico Trench, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 21 South: 15.25 West: -69 East: -63

Platform(s):


Trident

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise log (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's daily log of data collection, equipment notes, ship movement, etc. The scanned logbook cover also refer to 2 other field activities - 1968-001-FA and 1969-001-FA, but the contents of the PDF are specific to this cruise.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Niskin bottle --- Chemistry
Plankton nets --- Biology
Isaacs-Kidd midwater trawl --- Biology
Dredge --- Biology
Geology
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Marine magnetometer --- Magnetics
XBT --- Temperature

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