Field Activity 1994-052-FA

Identifier 1994-052-FA
Purpose Document beach erosion and coastal development at Rincon, Puerto Rico.
Location Punta Higuero to Punta Cadena, Rincon, Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, Caribbean, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Shoreline walks with GPS backpack for shoreline position.
Info derived Shoreline Position;
Comments Report submitted 07/2008 by A. Orton for R. Thieler. Original Center People field contained: Rob Thieler, PI; Barry Irwin, Geodesist; Joe Irwin, Tech. Project = Insular Shelf - Puerto Rico, Insular Shelf - Puerto Rico
Platform
on foot
survey conducted on foot
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1994-08-24
End (port not specified) 1994-08-24
Days in the field 1
Bounds
West -67.3
East -67.2
North 18.4
South 18.2

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators E. Robert Thieler
Crew members
E. Robert Thieler
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
E. Robert Thieler
Specialist, Information
Affiliate staff Joe Irwin, Tech.

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation
Data type: Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
DGPS Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity