1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
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Field Activity 1977-018-FA

Identifier 1977-018-FA
Alternate names 77-6
Purpose Seismic reconnaissance for sand deposits at St. Croix, USVI, in cooperation with Bob Dill of West Indies Lab, Fairleigh-Dickenson University. Also, necessary ship repair being performed in St. Croix.
Location St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Intended lines were completed with few problems. Minisparker: 220 km.
Info derived Sea floor map;
Comments Project = Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op, Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op
Platform
Jean A
60 feet
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1977-05-14
End (port not specified) 1977-05-21
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -65
East -64.5
North 17.75
South 17.5

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators James Trumbull
Crew members
Affiliate staff Nicholas Lefteriou; Bob Dill - Fairleigh-Dickenson University

Data types and categories

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

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Tabulation of cruise data for fiscal year 1977 as part of the Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-Op. Includes information for several field activities and a location map.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sparker Sparker (no data reported)
7.5 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
Raytheon radar Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity