1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 1978-006-FA

Identifier 1978-006-FA
Alternate names CORPUS 55/61
Purpose Map the extent and thickness of the recent aggregate in selected locations as a prelude to selecting coring locations.
Location St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary The data obtained was only fair to good because of the sea state. However, the data is sufficient to obtain the information needed to accomplish the mission. 2.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler: 240 km; Sidescan sonar: 160 km.
Info derived Sea floor map;
Comments Original Center People field contained: USGS-Corpus Christi: Charles (Chuck) W. Holmes - Ch. Sci., Ronald Miller, Jack Kindinger, George Wiley; USGS-Woods Hole: Kenneth Parolski. Project = USGS-USVI Co-op, USGS-USVI Co-op Information from Foghorn: 2.5 kHz EDO high-resolution profiler;DRE sidescan sonar;
Platform
Sarima
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1978-02-16
End (port not specified) 1978-02-25
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -65.1
East -64.8
North 18.35
South 18.25

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Charles W. Holmes
Crew members
Ronald J. Miller
Scientist, Staff
Charles W. Holmes
Scientist, Staff
Wiley, George
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Sub Bottom Profiler, Navigation, Sidescan

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, equipment and data acquisition notes, and a tiny trackmap.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sidescan sonar Sidescan (no data reported)
Edo Western 2.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Del Norte, transponder net Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity