Other ID: CORPUS 52/57
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Charles W. Holmes, Henry Berryhill
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Sparker, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain geologic information in order to map and define sand deposits in the territorial waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1977-09-13
End Date: 1977-10-01
Equipment Used: Single channel hydrophone, Del Norte 26 sparker, Motorola Mini-Ranger III
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The records obtained were good to excellent. The upper 10 feet of the sediment column is blocked by the arrival of the bubble pulse. The surface of the platform is sand and carbonate rock which produces multiple reflections. Because of water depth, at least 100 ms of good record were obtained. Minisparker: 1270 km; Seismic Lines: 1A, 1B, 3-9, 11, 13-23, 24A, 25-35, 37-64, 83-100, 102, 102A, 110-123, and CB; Time Log: #57.
Staff: Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Corpus Christi: Chuck Holmes - Proj. Ch. 9/13-21/77; Henry Berryhill
Jr. - Proj. Ch. 9/22-24/77; Ray G. Martin - Proj. Ch. 9/26/77 - 10/1/77; Neal Lillard
Timothy Martin
Ronald Miller
Notes:
Location:
St. Thomas, St. John, Virgin Island Platform, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 18.4 | South: 18.15 | West: -65.1 | East: -64.6 |
Platform(s):
Alianora |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Cruise report listing personnel, equipment, comments and a trackmap. |
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Sand Resources Study - Phase I Report by Charles W. Holmes, Project Chief, describing geology of region derived from data collected on this cruise, with description of two cruises planned for following year. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1977-033-FA-NL-001-02 (Sand Resources Study - Phase I Report by Charles W. Holmes, Project Chief, describing geology of region derived from data collected on this cruise, with description of two cruises planned for following year.) |
| Del Norte 26 sparker | --- | Sparker | |
| Motorola Mini-Ranger III | --- | Navigation | 1977-033-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 77033) |
