Other ID: 77-09
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): James V. A. Trumbull
Affiliate Investigator(s): Kurt Grove - PR-DNR
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Environmental Data: Tide
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Investigate sand waves on pipeline route, Escollo de Arenas, northwest of Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico. Map and measure sand waves; sample; set stakes to detect motion/sediment transport; photograph and observe sand waves by SCUBA; measure tide heights; and sample water on different tides to measure suspended sediment.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico
End Port/Location: Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico
Start Date: 1977-11-07
End Date: 1977-11-16
Equipment Used: Echosounder, SCUBA, Water sampler, Tide gauge
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Suspended sediment concentrations;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Profiled, described and sampled shifting sand shoal, particularly 4 sand waves in central part, on pipeline route. Determined coarse sand is in oscillatory motion on each semi-diurnal tidal current; secondary 2-m waves are in motion. Sampled water on excurrent and incurrent tides for suspended sediment. Recorded rise and fall of tides. Ship days: 5; Man days: 25.
Staff: James V. A. Trumbull
Affiliate Staff:
Gary Prisby - Woods Hole; Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources (PR-DNR): Kurt Grove - co-Ch. Sci.
Jose Muniz
Nelson Espinell
Notes: Platform is a 19-foot center-console outboard, trailered/ferried to Vieques; crew lived ashore at Naval Base. Original Center People field contained: James Trumbull - co-Ch. Sci.; Gary Prisby - Woods Hole.
Project = Puerto Rico project, Puerto Rico project
Location:
Isla de Vieques, Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean Sea, North America, Noth Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 18.25 | South: 18.1 | West: -65.75 | East: -65.5 |
Platform(s):
Mckee |
Grove, K.A., and Trumbull, James V. A., 1978, Surficial geologic maps and data on three potential offshore sand sources on the insular shelf of Puerto Rico: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1017, 1 sheet, URL: https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1017.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Brief Chief Scientist's cruise report, personnel, equipment and comments. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | |
| SCUBA | --- | Biology Chemistry Geology | |
| Water sampler | --- | Chemistry | |
| Tide gauge | --- | Tide |
