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

Field Activity 1986-032-FA

Identifier 1986-032-FA
Alternate names S3-86
Purpose Collect gravity data in Colombian waters.
Location Rosalind Bank, Kingston, Jamaica, western Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic;
Summary Final of three legs. Gravity data were collected over the shallow parts of Rosalind Bank in the western Caribbean. Results are compatible with those gathered during the previous two legs.
Comments Project = Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Defense Mapping Agency Gravity
Platform
Starella
Length: 73 meters; Beam: 11 meters.
Itinerary
Start Kingston, Jamaica 1986-12-25
End Kingston, Jamaica 1986-12-30
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -81
East -80
North 17
South 16

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William J. Strahle
Crew members
Thomas F O'Brien
Scientist, Staff
James Dodd
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 Gravity (no data reported)
Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system Navigation (no data reported)
12 kHz Single Beam 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1986-032-FA-SE-001 12 kHz Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 12K) for lines Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity