Field Activity 1992-027-FA

Identifier 1992-027-FA
Alternate names JEAN A 11-92
Purpose Reconnaissance geologic mapping of the Fajardo insular shelf.
Location Fajardo, east coast of Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary High-resolution seismic data and bathymetry were collected over approximately 160 km of tracklines; 83 sediment samples were collected on the beach, shelf and slope; and SCUBA observations were carried out at three locations.
Comments The employee listed in the post-cruise report as Lyanet Atnip is in fact VeeAnn Atnipp (Cross).
Platform
Jean A
60 feet
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1992-11-06
End (port not specified) 1992-11-15
Days in the field 10
Bounds
West -65.6425
East -65.39068
North 18.49217
South 18.2337

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Rafael W. Rodriguez
Crew members
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
VeeAnn A. Cross
Scientist, Staff
Carlo, Milton
Scientist, Staff
Rafael W. Rodriguez
Scientist, Staff
Juan Luis Trias
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sampling
Data type: Navigation, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Biology, Geology

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel purpose, data to be obtained, summary of results, and trackmap.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation 1
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
3.5 kHz Sub Bottom Profiler 3
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1992-027-FA-LN-001-01 DGPS Raw navigation data files. Nancy K. Soderberg
1992-027-FA-SE-001 3.5 kHz Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
1992-027-FA-SE-002 3.5 kHz VHS digital tapes for line(s) 8, 8-10, 10, 11-12, 12-14, 14-15, 15-16, 16-18, 18, 19-21, 21-22, Nancy K. Soderberg
1992-027-FA-SE-003 3.5 kHz microfilm of Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity