Other ID: CHAIN 100-3
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): John C. Hathaway
Affiliate Investigator(s): David Ross - WHOI
Information Specialist(s): Nancy K. Soderberg
Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Imagery: Photo, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Ground Truthing, Sampling: Chemistry, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct a geological and geophysical study of the Red Sea, especially the eastern margin; conduct further geological and geophysical studies of the hot brine area, including some geochemical prospecting; and determine if any other hot brine area exists.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Massawa, Ethiopia
End Port/Location: Djibouti
Start Date: 1971-03-02
End Date: 1971-03-29
Equipment Used: Echosounder, Camera- deep sea, Grab sampler, Seismic reflection, Mooring tripod, Water sampler, Geomechanique streamer
Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Leg 3 of Cruise CHAIN 100 collected piston and gravity cores, seismic profiles, gravity data, magnetics, bathymetry, temperature measurements, and bottom photos. Hathaway will analyze cores using x-ray diffraction.
Staff: John C. Hathaway, Frank T. Manheim
Affiliate Staff:
Notes:
Location:
Red Sea, Indian Ocean,
Boundaries | |||
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North: 30 | South: 10 | West: 32 | East: 47 |
Platform(s):
Chain |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | |
Camera- deep sea | --- | Photo | |
Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
Seismic reflection | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Sparker | |
Mooring tripod | --- | Ground Truthing | |
Water sampler | --- | Chemistry | |
Geomechanique streamer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun |