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Field Activity Details for field activity 1985-042-FA

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Other ID: P1-85-CB

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Byron Ruppel

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect shipboard gravity data in the area around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico

End Port/Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Start Date: 1985-02-22

End Date: 1985-02-27

Equipment Used: Gravity meter (wh), Loran-C

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
USGS-Menlo Park: Byron Ruppel - Ch. Sci
Richard Tagg - geologist
Jeff Stampfer - Mech. Tech
Larry Kooker - ET

Notes:

Location:

Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, Caribbean, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 18.64971516 South: 18.15020169 West: -67.17466782 East: -64.84649962

Platform(s):

photo of John Wesley Powell
John Wesley Powell

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Gravity meter (wh) --- Gravity
Loran-C --- Navigation
1985-042-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 85042)

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