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Field Activity Details for field activity 1970-005-FA

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Other ID: CORPUS 12

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Charles W. Holmes

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sampling.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1970-04-15

End Date: 1970-04-20

Equipment Used: Shipek grab, Visual navigation

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Grain size analysis;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bottom samples.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Project = Tektite II - Virgin Islands Co-op, Tektite II - Virgin Islands Co-op

Location:

southern Virgin Islands platform, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, northeast Caribbean, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 18.35 South: 18.15 West: -65.95 East: -64.6

Platform(s):

photo of Advance II
Advance II

Publications

Garrison, L.E., Holmes, C.W., and Trumbull, J.V.A., 1971, Geology of the insular shelf south of St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 71-117, 38 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr71117.

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Minimal information.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Shipek grab --- Geology
Visual navigation --- Navigation

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