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Field Activity 1977-040-FA

Identifier 1977-040-FA
Alternate names 78-2
Purpose Map pipeline locations and stake by SCUBA observations. Collect water (suspended sediment) samples. Collect surface samples for Grossman.
Location San Juan, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Mapped pipeline location; observed pipeline and stake by SCUBA. Sea days: 4; Man days: 20; Suspended sediment samples: 24; Surface samples: 22; SCUBA dives: 16.
Info derived Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations; Pipeline maps;
Comments Project = Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op, Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op
Platform
Jean A
60 feet
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1977-12-05
End (port not specified) 1977-12-08
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -66.75
East -66
North 18.6
South 18.45

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators James Trumbull
Crew members

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Biology, Geology

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Tabulation of cruise data for fiscal year 1978 as part of the Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-Op. Includes information for several field activities and a location map. Tabulation covers field activities 1977-036-FA, 1977-040-FA, 1977-041-FA, 1978-003-FA, 1978-016-FA, 1978-025-FA, and 1978-028-FA.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity