Field Activity Details for field activity 2009-001-FA

Other ID: T-1-09-PR

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Uri Ten Brink

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Brian Andrews

Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Interferometric

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map faults on the Virgin Islands platform.

Vehicle(s):

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

End Port/Location: St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Start Date: 2009-03-22

End Date: 2009-04-10

Equipment Used: Sparker , Single channel hydrophone, Digital video camera, SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 1,311 kilometers of 234 kHz SwathPlus interferometric bathymetry over 10 survey days. Collected 821 kilometers of mini-sparker seismic reflection profiles over 9 survey days.

Staff: Brian Andrews, Emile Bergeron, William Danforth, Uri Ten Brink, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Uri ten Brink - chief scientist; Bill Danforth - processing chief; Brian Andrews - GIS chief; Chuck Worley - Interferometric side-scan chief; Emile Bergeron - Sparker chief; No Indians.
Project = Tsunami Hazards: Dev. of Source Potential, Tsunami Hazards: Dev. of Source Potential

Location:

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic,

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Data Acquired