Other ID: CORPUS 56/62
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: Determine the thickness and extent of recent aggregate by coring sites located through previous seismic surveys.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1978-03-18
End Date: 1978-03-28
Equipment Used: Alpine Vibracorer, Del Norte, transponder net
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The Circe-Dokken vibracoring device was highly successful and obtained excellent quality cores. The device was designed by USGS personnel. Cores: 18 (7.5 cm diameter, 5 m long).
Staff: Charles W. Holmes, Cynthia Rice, Ronald J. Miller, Neal Lillard, George Wiley, Ronald C. Circe
Affiliate Staff:
Tim Martin
Quenton Dokken
Mary Kindinger
Notes: Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Charles (Chuck) W. Holmes - Ch. Sci., Ronald Miller - Master Diver, Neal Lillard, Tim Martin, Jack Kindinger, Cindy Rice, George Wiley, Ronald Circe, Quenton Dokken, Mary Kindinger.
Project = USGS-USVI Co-op, USGS-USVI Co-op
Location:
St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 18.35 | South: 18.2 | West: -65.1 | East: -64.8 |
Platform(s):
Caribe Diver |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report of equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel, and a tiny map of core locations. |
| Core log | Alpine Vibracorer | Laboratory Core Log (pdf file) Technician's core log describing identifier, section and length, subsample, and X-ray processing. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Vibracorer | --- | Geology | 1978-007-FA-NL-001-02 (Laboratory Core Log (pdf file) Technician's core log describing identifier, section and length, subsample, and X-ray processing.) |
| Del Norte, transponder net | --- | Navigation |
