Field Activity Details for field activity 1977-044-FA

Other ID: 77-01 or 77-4

Status: Completed

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

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Affiliate Investigator(s): Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography), Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Recover Scripps current meter.

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Start Date: 1977-02-18

End Date: 1977-02-18

Equipment Used: Echosounder, Current, Raytheon radar

Information to be Derived: Time series data;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Successfully recovered current meter #2 in canyon axis at depth 410 m; results not known at time of writing cruise report.

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

Affiliate Staff:
Cintron? - PR DNR; Alonso? - PR DNR; Gary Sullivan? - Scripps; Neil Marshall? - Scripps

Notes: Informal cooperation with Fran Shepard, SIO. Original Center People field contained: James Trumbull?, Muniz?, Espinell?
Project = Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op, Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op

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Rio de la Plata submarine canyon, Puerto Rico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

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