Field Activity 1986-015-FA

Identifier 1986-015-FA
Purpose To obtain sediment cores from the shelf near the mouth of the Rio de la Plata.
Location Rio de la Plata, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Comments Information derived from pre-cruise report; no post-cruise report found.
Platform
Jean A
60 feet
Itinerary
Start San Juan, Puerto Rico 1986-08-04
End San Juan, Puerto Rico 1986-08-15
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -66.2151
East -65.39063
North 18.69707
South 18.35453

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Rafael W. Rodriguez
Crew members
Juan Luis Trias
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Jose Muniz (DNR), Nelson Espinell (DNR), Luis Marinez (CONDREMI)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling
Data type: Geology, Biology, Chemistry

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Alpine Vibracorer Geology (no data reported)
SCUBA Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity