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Field Activity Details for field activity 1984-011-FA

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Other ID: 84-2

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Rafael W. Rodriguez

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Obtain vibracores from the Arecibo and La Plata rivers for our heavy-material reconnaissance study.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 1984-08-02

End Date: 1984-08-10

Equipment Used: Alpine Vibracorer, SCUBA, Plane table-transit-radios triangulation

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Rafael W. Rodriguez, Juan Luis Trias, Carlos Goenaga

Affiliate Staff:
Jose Muniz (DNR)
Richard Webb (DNR)

Notes: Information derived from pre-cruise report; no post-cruise report found.

Location:

Puerto Rico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 21 South: 15 West: -69 East: -63

Platform(s):

photo of Jean A
Jean A

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Alpine Vibracorer --- Geology
SCUBA --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Plane table-transit-radios triangulation --- Navigation

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