Field Activity 1985-042-FA

Identifier 1985-042-FA
Alternate names P1-85-CB
Purpose To collect shipboard gravity data in the area around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Location Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, United States, Caribbean, North America, North Atlantic;
Info derived Sea floor map; Morphology;
Platform
John Wesley Powell
Itinerary
Start Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico 1985-02-22
End San Juan, Puerto Rico 1985-02-27
Days in the field 7
Bounds
West -67.17466782
East -64.84649962
North 18.64971516
South 18.15020169

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Ruppel, Byron
Crew members
Affiliate staff USGS-Menlo Park: Byron Ruppel - Ch. Sci, Richard Tagg - geologist, Jeff Stampfer - Mech. Tech, Larry Kooker - ET

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation
Data type: Gravity, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Gravity meter (wh) Gravity (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1985-042-FA-LN-001 Loran-C Navigation trackline plot for field activity 85042 Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity