Other ID: S10-87-VZ
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William J. Strahle
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): William J. Strahle
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Sonar: Single Beam, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collection of gravity, magnetics, and bathymetic data in and around the waters of Venezuela as specified by DMA requirements.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad
End Port/Location: La Guaira, Venezuela
Start Date: 1987-12-16
End Date: 1988-01-26
Equipment Used: LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179, 12 kHz, Geometrics G-856 magnetometer, GE 810 Correlation sonar, Gyro compass, GPS (wh)
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: George R. Driscoll, Sarah Griscom, Richard Rendigs, William J. Strahle
Affiliate Staff:
Robin Bouse
Notes: Original Center People field contained: William Strahle, Robin Bouse, Sarah Griscom, Richard Rendigs, George Driscoll.
Project = Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Defense Mapping Agency Gravity
Location:
Venezuela, South America, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 18.05256 | South: 10.0554 | West: -81.0396 | East: -59.50195 |
Platform(s):
Starella |
Folger, D.W., Irwin, B.J., McCullough, James R., Strahle, William J., Bowin, Carl O., and Polloni, Christopher F., 1990, Map showing free-air gravity anomalies off the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad-and-Tobago: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2097-B, scale 1:1,500,000, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf2097B.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, equipment, tabulated information, and brief narrative. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 | --- | Gravity | |
12 kHz | --- | Single Beam | |
Geometrics G-856 magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | |
GE 810 Correlation sonar | --- | Navigation | |
Gyro compass | --- | Navigation | |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation |