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Field Activity 1968-001-FA

Identifier 1968-001-FA
Alternate names FLQN PR I; Q-1-68-PR; CORPUS 1
Purpose Puerto Rico Co-op: seismic profiling in Mona Passage.
Location Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Time Log #1a, Time Log #1b, Daily Log #1c/4.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Louis Garrison - Ch. Sci., Corpus Christi; Jack Lee, Jack Vedder. Project = Puerto Rico Co-op, Puerto Rico Co-op
Platform
Florida Queen
Itinerary
Start Panama City, FL 1968-02-25
End Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 1968-03-23
Days in the field 33
Bounds
West -69
East -63
North 21
South 15.25

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Louis E. Garrison
Crew members
Louis E. Garrison
Scientist, Staff
Lee, Jack
Scientist, Staff
Vedder, Jack
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Pete Briggs, March 4-17; Jose Cadilla, March 4-9, 19-20; Jose (Pepe) Juara (student, UPR), March 5-8; Dr. George Sieglie (Prof., UPR), March 8; Pablo Gonzales (student, UPR), March 8-11; Peter Motolenich (student), March 19-20; Fernando Ramirez (student), March 19-20; Samuel Herrera (student), March 19-20; Juan Wilson (student, UPR), March 12-14.

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sampling
Data type: Boomer, Sparker, Geology, Biology

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise log Chief Scientist's daily log of data collection, equipment notes, ship movement, etc. The scanned logbook cover also refer to 2 other field activities - 1968-002-FA and 1969-001-FA, but the contents of the PDF are specific to this cruise.
Chief Scientists notes Chief scientist's summary notes of cruise and data collection.
Cruise log Cruise log describing seismic equipment, seismic lines and sample collection.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Boomer Use of a boomer documented in cruise logs. Boomer (no data reported)
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Sparker Use of a sparker documented in cruise logs. Sparker (no data reported)
Shipek grab Geology (no data reported)
Dredge Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity