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Field Activity Details for field activity 1978-036-FA

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Other ID: 68

Status: Completed

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

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Principal Investigator(s): Charles W. Holmes

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain high-resolution data from the southern shelf of St. Croix, obtain sidescan sonar data on the southern shelf of St. Thomas, and place sediment trap arrays at selected sites.

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Start Date: 1978-11-01

End Date: 1978-11-18

Equipment Used: Single channel hydrophone, Klein 531 sidescan, Boomer, Del Norte 26 sparker, Camera - B/W video, Motorola Mini-Ranger III

Information to be Derived: Suspended sediment concentrations; Sea floor map; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Operated only in daylight. Due to high winds and resultant seas, high-resolution data quality is poor to fair; sidescan sonar data is fair. Sidescan sonar: 26 km, fair quality; Uniboom: 50 km, poor to fair quality; TV Tape: 6 hours; Grab samples: 25; SARIMA Time Log #68.

Staff: Charles W. Holmes, Ronald J. Miller, John West, George Wiley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Charles (Chuck) W. Holmes - Ch. Sci., Jack Kindinger, Ronald Miller, John West, George Wiley.

Location:

St. Croix shelf, St. Thomas shelf, U..S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 18.3 South: 17.6 West: -65.1 East: -64

Platform(s):

photo of Sarima
Sarima

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise summary equipment and brief data acquisition notes, personnel, and track map.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
Klein 531 sidescan --- Sidescan
Boomer --- Boomer
Del Norte 26 sparker --- Sparker
Camera - B/W video --- Video
Motorola Mini-Ranger III --- Navigation

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