Field Activity 1988-001-FA

Identifier 1988-001-FA
Alternate names S1-88-HT
Purpose Collection of gravity, magnetics and bathymetry data in and around the waters of Haiti as specified by DMA requirements.
Location southwest Haiti, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Kilometers surveyed:1898; Kilometers steamed: 2244.
Comments Project = Defense Mapping Agency Gravity, Defense Mapping Agency Gravity
Platform
Starella
Length: 73 meters; Beam: 11 meters.
Itinerary
Start La Guaira, Venezuela 1988-01-29
End Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico 1988-02-06
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -74.3137
East -71.80664
North 19.63776
South 17.60214

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Barry J Irwin
Crew members
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
David Folger
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Robert Rowland - USGS-Reston, Juan Collado - USGS-Puerto Rico

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Electro-Magnetic, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Gravity, Single Beam

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information and brief narrative.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Racal/Decca Hyperfix Navigation (no data reported)
LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter G-179 Gravity (no data reported)
Echosounder Single Beam 2
Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system Navigation 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1988-001-FA-SE-001 Echosounder analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-001-FA-SO-001 Echosounder analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-001-FA-LN-001 Magnavox System 5000 integrated navigation system Digital tape(s) of PROCESSED NV/PLOT, RAW NV, Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity