Other ID: 80-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Kurt Grove
Affiliate Investigator(s): Dr. Jack Morelock - UPR
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Fill in gaps in existing sediment sample distribution from Guayanilla area. Sediment distribution is to be integrated with existing seismic, bathymetric, and physical oceanographic information.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location:
End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1979-10-15
End Date: 1979-10-16
Equipment Used: Grab sampler, GPS (wh), Plane table-transit-radios triangulation
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment samples: 40.
Staff: Kurt Grove
Affiliate Staff:
Dr. Jack Morelock - UPR; Barbara Morelock; Jose Muniz - Puerto Rico Dept. Nat. Res.
Notes: Effort to increase cooperative ties with University of Puerto Rico marine geology personnel. Successful effort; good working relationship becoming better established. Paper to be submitted for presentation at 1980 meeting of the Association of Island Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean.
Project = Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op, Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op
Location:
Guayanilla shelf and bay, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 18 | South: 17.75 | West: -67 | East: -66.55 |
Platform(s):
Gaviota |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief cruise report listing personnel, equipment, location, purpose and comments. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | |
| Plane table-transit-radios triangulation | --- | Navigation |
