Other ID: HE-105
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Uri Ten Brink
Affiliate Investigator(s): Prof. Andres Carbo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Information Specialist(s): Uri Ten Brink
Data Type(s): Sonar: Multibeam, Seismics: Multichannel, Environmental Data: Temperature, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Survey the Muertos Trough and the seismogenic zone north of the Virgin Islands.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
End Port/Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Start Date: 2005-03-28
End Date: 2005-04-17
Equipment Used: Simrad EM120, Simrad EM1002, Multichannel seismics, XBT, 3.5 kHz, Marine magnetometer, Gravity meter (wh)
Information to be Derived: Morphology;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Highly successful cruise: all equipment operated well, and lines were collected as planned.
Staff: Thomas O'Brien, Uri Ten Brink, Edward Sweeney
Affiliate Staff:
Andres Carbo
Diego Cordoba and Alfonso Munoz - Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Jose Martin Davila
Antonio Pazos
Manuel Catalan - Royal Naval Observatory
Spain; Pedro Herrandz - IEO
Spain; Christa von Hillebrandt
Victor Huerfano
and Jay Pulliam - Puerto Rico Seismic Network; Juan Payero - Instituto Sismologico Universitario / Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD-ISU)
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Uri ten Brink - Scientist; Ed Sweeney - (March 28 - April 7) Visualization of multibeam bathymetry data; Tom O'Brien - (April 7 - April 15) Technical help with seismic acquisition.
Project = GEOPRICO-DO, GEOPRICO-DO
Location:
Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, British Virgin Islands, Muertos Trough, Dominican Republic, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 20.25 | South: 17 | West: -71.25 | East: -63.5 |
Platform(s):
 Hesperides |
Granja Bruña, J.L., ten Brink, U.S., A., Muñoz-Martín, A., Carbó-Gorosabel, A., and Llanes Estrada, P., 2015, Shallower structure and geomorphology of the southern Puerto Rico offshore margin: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 67, p.30-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.04.014.
Granja Bruna, J.L., ten Brink, U.S., Carbo-Gorosabel, A., Munoz-Martin, A., and Gomez Ballesteros, M., 2009, Morphotectonics of the central Muertos thrust belt and Muertos Trough (northeastern Caribbean): Marine Geology, v. 263 no. 1-4, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.010.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simrad EM120 | --- | Multibeam | |
| Simrad EM1002 | --- | Multibeam | |
| Multichannel seismics | --- | Multichannel | |
| XBT | --- | Temperature | |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| Marine magnetometer | --- | Magnetics | |
| Gravity meter (wh) | --- | Gravity |
