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Field Activity Details for field activity 1968-004-FA

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Other ID: K-1-68-SE; CORPUS 3, KANE

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Louis E. Garrison

Affiliate Investigator(s): M. BUELL - NVO

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Experiments (biological), Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Navy Yards, VA

End Port/Location: Willemstad, Curacao

Start Date: 1968-11-04

End Date: 1968-11-18

Equipment Used: Sparker , 3.5 kHz, Dredge, Omega navigation, Raytheon radar, Single channel hydrophone, Air gun, Piston corer

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Daily Log-#3.

Staff: J. I. Ewing, I.G. Harkrider, J.F. Hernion, D.E. Miller

Affiliate Staff:
Minor Buell - Ch. Sci.; Bill Perkins - Princeton; Loomis - Princeton; Cliff Clive; Bob Randall; Jim Pew; John Freitag; Ed Escowitz; Troy Holcomb; Herb Eppert; Dee Stevenson - computer programmer; John Hanna - navigation; Bob Farland; Hawley Thomas - photographer; George; Bob Engler; Jim McQuay - Teledyne; Bob McCollum(?); Pete

Notes: InfoBank ID added 11/7/2017
Original Center People field contained: J.I. Ewing, J.F. Hernion, I.G. Harkrider, D.E. Miller.
Information from Foghorn: Airgun;sparker;3.5 kHz;dredge;Ewing piston corer;

Location:

Hatteras Abyssal Plain, North America, Silver Bank, Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Anegada Island, Venezuelan Basin, Curacao, Caribbean Sea, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 21.66833 South: 13.63333 West: -70.1117 East: -68.05833

Platform(s):

photo of Elisha Kane
Elisha Kane

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise log (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's daily log of data collection, equipment notes, ship movement, etc.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Sparker --- Sparker
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Dredge --- Biology
Geology
Omega navigation --- Navigation
Raytheon radar --- Navigation
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
Air gun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Piston corer --- Geology

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