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

Field Activity 1987-047-FA

Identifier 1987-047-FA
Alternate names S10-87-VZ
Purpose Collection of gravity, magnetics, and bathymetic data in and around the waters of Venezuela as specified by DMA requirements.
Location Venezuela, South America, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic;
Comments Original Center People field contained: William Strahle, Robin Bouse, Sarah Griscom, Richard Rendigs, George Driscoll. Project = Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Defense Mapping Agency Gravity
Platform
Starella
Length: 73 meters; Beam: 11 meters.
Itinerary
Start Port of Spain, Trinidad 1987-12-16
End La Guaira, Venezuela 1988-01-26
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -81.0396
East -59.50195
North 18.05256
South 10.0554

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William J. Strahle
Crew members
Richard R Rendigs
Scientist, Staff
Griscom, Sarah
Scientist, Staff
William J. Strahle
Scientist, Staff
George R. Driscoll
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
William J. Strahle
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Robin Bouse

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's report including personnel, equipment, tabulated information, and brief narrative.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 Gravity (no data reported)
12 kHz Single Beam (no data reported)
Geometrics G-856 magnetometer Magnetics (no data reported)
GE 810 Correlation sonar Navigation (no data reported)
Gyro compass Navigation (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity