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Field Activity Details for field activity 1984-010-FA

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Other ID: MIDPAC 2, Leg SO33

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Robert F. Commeau

Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Halbach, TUCLZ

Information Specialist(s): Andreas Janetzke

Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video, Imagery: Photo, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Dissolved Oxygen, Environmental Data: ORP, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: pH, Sonar: Multibeam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Study the distribution and composition of cobalt-rich ferromaganese crusts in mid-Pacific and central Pacific areas; observe testing of new TV controlled hydraulic grab sampler.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Honolulu, HI

End Port/Location: Honolulu, HI

Start Date: 1984-07-29

End Date: 1984-08-27

Equipment Used: Dredge, Box corer, Spade core, Video camera - deep sea, Camera- deep sea, YSI multiparameter sonde, SeaBeam 2112, 3.5 kHz, Echosounder, Magnavox satellite positioning system, Dead reckoning

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 6 sets of Seabeam tracks (72 profile lines) and 111 samples.

Staff: Robert F. Commeau, Candy Bostwick

Affiliate Staff:
Peter Halbach - geochemist
Ch. Sci. (TUCLZ); Heinrich Gundlach - geochemist (BGR); Dieter Hansen - geophysicist (Preussag); Hans Sulzbacher - geophysicist (Preussag); Elmar Heidbuechel - medical doctor (Preussag); Doris Putaneus - geochemist (TUCLZ); Horst Schuettenhelm - ET (Preussag); Manfred Spoetter - MT (Preussag); Axel Bath - scientist (Preussag); Yogi Hoffman - ET (Preussag); Peter Otten - mineralogist; Roger Schmidt-Grassegger - petrologist (BGR); Carl Sattler - research asst. (TUCLZ); Cornelia Kriete - research asst. (TUCLZ); Andreas Janetzke - data curator and photographer (TUCLZ); Rosemary Sliney - geologist (USGS-Menlo Park); Walter Friesen - petrologist (USGS-Menlo Park); Dongyu Xu - scientist (P.R. of China)

Notes: Parent Organization: Technical University of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Federal Republic of Germany. Original Center People field contained: Candy Lane - geologist, Robert Commeau - geologist.

Location:

Cross Seamount Group, Kingman-Palmyra Reef, Line Islands, and Horizon Guyot, mid-Pacific, North Pacific;

Boundaries
North: 23 South: 5 West: -173 East: -154

Platform(s):

photo of Sonne
Sonne

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, equipment, tabulated data acquisition, seabeam profile listing, sample stations, and cruise trackmap.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Dredge --- Biology
Geology
Box corer --- Biology
Geology
Spade core --- Geology
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
Camera- deep sea --- Photo
YSI multiparameter sonde --- Conductivity
Dissolved Oxygen
ORP
pH
Temperature
SeaBeam 2112 --- Multibeam
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Magnavox satellite positioning system --- Navigation
Dead reckoning --- Navigation

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