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Field Activity Details for field activity 1987-047-FA

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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
North: 18.05256 South: 10.0554 West: -81.0396 East: -59.50195

Platform(s):

photo of Starella
Starella

Publications

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.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, equipment, tabulated information, and brief narrative.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
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

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