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Coring data of field activity 08008 (J-1-08-PR) in Mona
Canyon, Puerto Rico Trench, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Virgin Islands Basin, and Whiting Basin, United
States, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic from 03/16/2008
to 03/24/2008
Menlo Park, CA
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United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Chief Scientists: Jason Chaytor, Uri ten Brink. Coring data
(Giant Gravity Corer, 3.5 kHz echosounder) of field activity
08008 (J-1-08-PR) in Mona Canyon, Puerto Rico Trench, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Basin, and Whiting
Basin, United States, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic
from 03/16/2008 to 03/24/2008,
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Equipment Used -
Giant Gravity Corer WHOI
3.5 kHz echosounder
Notes -
Navigation technique: DGPS.<br>
9 days at sea.
40 stations occupied.
The objective of this coring cruise is to determine the age
of several significant slope failures and seismite layers around
Puerto Rico in an effort to constrain the temporal distribution of
large slope failures and earthquakes. Large landslide and
earthquake events in close proximity to Puerto Rico and the U.S.
Virgin Islands are believed to have triggered numerous tsunami,
which have caused significant damage to coastal communities in the
region. By better constraining the temporal occurrence of such
large tsunami source mechanisms, we hope to gain a better
understanding of the recurrence interval and size of future
landslides, thereby providing valuable input into tsunami hazard
models for the region. This project is a collaborative effort
between WHOI and the USGS Woods Hole Science Center. In order to do
this, we aim to collect 30-40 cores from offshore Puerto Rico (Mona
Canyon, north slope and Puerto Rico trench, and the Virgin Island
and Whiting Basins) that intersect landslide or seismite deposits so
as to be able to date the penultimate and potentially older
landslide and/or earthquake events.
Publications -
Chaytor, Jason, and ten Brink, Uri, 2008, Gravity Coring Offshore Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Investigate the Timing of Submarine Landslides
and Large Earthquakes, USGS Sound Waves, July 2008, available on line at:
<A HREF ="http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/fieldwork3.html" target = "SW">http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/fieldwork3.html</A>
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Mona Canyon, Puerto Rico Trench, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Basin, and Whiting Basin, United States, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic
Mona Canyon, Puerto Rico Trench, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Basin, and Whiting Basin, United States, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic
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Jason Chaytor (Chief Scientist);
Uri ten Brink (Chief Scientist);
Jason Chaytor);
Uri ten Brink);
Matthew Arsenault);
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Mike Casso);
Claudia Flores);
Kate McMullen);
Emily Himmelstoss);
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Chaytor, Jason, and ten Brink, Uri, 2008, Gravity Coring Offshore Puerto Rico
and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Investigate the Timing of Submarine Landslides
and Large Earthquakes, USGS Sound Waves, July 2008, available on line at:
<A HREF ="http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/fieldwork3.html" target = "SW">http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/fieldwork3.html</A>
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Mona Canyon, Puerto Rico Trench, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Basin, and Whiting Basin, United States, northeast Caribbean, North Atlantic
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Geodetic Reference System 80
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purposes.
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