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Field Activity 1979-029-FA

Identifier	1979-029-FA
Alternate names	79-7
Purpose	Investigate change in shelf sediments and morphology caused by hurricane runoff by a major river.
Location	inner shelf near Rio de la Plata, Dorado, Puerto Rico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary	Successful job. Sediment samples: 33; Echo sounder profiles: 15 km; SCUBA dives: 12.
Info derived	Grain size analysis; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps;
Comments	Very successful and exciting. However, we had extreme difficulty getting enough people together to get to sea. SCUBA diving takes 3 people in the boat (two must go down and one must stay in the boat as a matter of safety). At the same time, a minimum of two people is needed for navigation control ashore, and not all people are capable of that work. Five good people is minimum, and we were hard put to find a fifth capable of the work, as is suggested by the list of participants. This lost us some good scientific data because it delayed our work until quite a few days after the event, the results of which we were investigating. Project = Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op, Puerto Rico Marine Geology Co-op
Platform	Zodiac
Itinerary	Start (port not specified) 1979-09-13 End (port not specified) 1979-09-25 Days in the field 4
Bounds	West -66.5 East -66.25 North 18.55 South 18.45 Show or hide mapHide layers