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Field Activity Details for field activity 2013-036-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Uri Ten Brink

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jason Chaytor, USGS-WHSC, Dwight Coleman, URI, Amanda Demopoulos, USGS-SESC

Information Specialist(s): Brian Andrews, Jason Chaytor

Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: tectonics and landslide activity in the NE Caribbean.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Juan, PR

End Port/Location: San Juan, PR

Start Date: 2013-10-02

End Date: 2013-10-18

Equipment Used: EM 302 , Grab sampler, Echosounder

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;Sea floor map;Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 2,028 kms of multbeam data to fill in data gaps in existing bathymetry coverage of area. Completed 10 ROV dives

Staff: Brian Andrews, William Danforth

Affiliate Staff:
Ocean Exploration Trust ship and shore personnel Two scientists from the University of Puerto Rico

Notes: Project = Marine Geohazards/Source Eval,

Location:

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic;,

Boundaries
North: 20 South: 17 West: -70 East: -63

Platform(s):

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Nautilus

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
EM 302 --- Multibeam
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Echosounder --- Single Beam

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