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Field Activity Details for field activity 1971-008-FA

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Other ID: UGEO Leg 8; CORPUS 23, U-08-71-PR, U0871PR

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James Case

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct a geophysical survey.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

End Port/Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Start Date: 1971-12-15

End Date: 1971-12-24

Equipment Used: Loran-C, Geomechanique streamer, 3.5 kHz, Sparker , Gravity meter (wh), Echosounder, Magnetometer (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected bathymetry (3.5 kHz) and gravity data.

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Holdings at PCMSC
Project = International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE), International Decade of Ocean Exploration (IDOE)

Location:

gulf transit, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, Gulf of Mexico, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 31 South: 15 West: -100 East: -63

Platform(s):

photo of United Geo I
United Geo I

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Gravity log book Gravity meter (wh) Gravity log on coding sheets.
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Minimal information.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Loran-C --- Navigation
1971-008-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data in InfoBank)
Geomechanique streamer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1971-008-FA-BA-001 (Bathymetric data in InfoBank)
Sparker --- Sparker
Gravity meter (wh) --- Gravity
1971-008-FA-GP-001 (Gravity data in InfoBank)
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Magnetometer (wh) --- Magnetics
NGDC MGD77 data

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