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Field Activity Details for field activity 1977-012-FA

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Other ID: 77-04

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James V. A. Trumbull

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Bathymetric survey of Sardinera area, Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico, at the request of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1977-03-31

End Date: 1977-04-10

Equipment Used: Echosounder, Transit-Aldade-plane table

Information to be Derived: Bathymetric maps;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Work done at request of our cooperator agency.

Staff: Nelson Espinell, Jose R. Muniz, James V. A. Trumbull

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: This work did not contribute to the aims of the Marine Geology Project, but our cooperator had to get work done as quickly as possible and was unable to do it without our help. Original Center People field contained: USGS-San Juan: James Trumbull, Nelson Espinell, Jose Muniz.
Project = Puerto Rico Project, Puerto Rico Project

Location:

Sardinera, Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 18.15 South: 18.05 West: -67.98 East: -67.95

Platform(s):

photo of Jean A
Jean A

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Brief cruise report listing personnel and purpose of work.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Transit-Aldade-plane table --- Navigation

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