Field Activity 1981-037-FA

Identifier 1981-037-FA
Alternate names 81-11
Purpose Make seismic profiles with highest possible resolution in a very shallow sand body for investigation of sand resources, and collect sedimentary samples to make grain analyses in the geo-laboratory of the Dept. of Natural Resources.
Location Escollo de Arenas, NW corner of Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary SAGITTA used for shooting seismic lines, JEAN A for floating hotel, equipment depot, and sampling sediments. 23 sediment samples collected (UPR 150-173) and 58 seismic lines.
Comments Original Center People field contained: James Trumbull, Co-Chief Scientist; Juan Luis Trias, Co-Chief Scientist; Rusty Tirey, Scientist; Greg Miller, Electronics Technician.
Platform
Jean A
60 feet
Sagitta
31 feet
Itinerary
Start San Juan, Puerto Rico 1981-10-21
End San Juan, Puerto Rico 1981-10-26
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -65.7
East -65.4
North 18.15
South 18.1

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Juan Luis TriasJames Trumbull
Crew members
Gregory K Miller
Scientist, Staff
Juan Luis Trias
Scientist, Staff
James Trumbull
Scientist, Staff
George Tirey
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Jose Muniz - Field Technician, PR DNR; Frank Torres - owner of SAGITTA

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sampling, Location-Elevation
Data type: Sparker, Boomer, Geology, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sparker Sparker (no data reported)
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
Shipek grab Geology (no data reported)
Motorola Mini-Ranger III Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity