Field Activity Details for field activity 2019-001-FA

Other ID: 2019-619-FA

Status: Pending

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

Funding Program(s): USGS GAS HYDRATES (LQ000FP)

Principal Investigator(s): Carolyn Ruppel

Affiliate Investigator(s): Nancy Prouty (PCMSC); Amanda Demopoulos (WERC, Gainesville); Tamara Baumberger (NOAA PMEL); Jens Greinert (GEOMAR)

Information Specialist(s): Carolyn Ruppel

Data Type(s): Biological Field Study: Surveys (biological), Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: ROV and geophysical studies of methane seepage on the Cascadia margin

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: San Francisco, CA

End Port/Location: Astoria, OR

Start Date: 2019-06-12

End Date: 2019-07-02

Equipment Used: SIMRAD EK60, EM122 12 kHz multibeam, Other, Other

Information to be Derived: seafloor maps, subseafloor maps, gas seep characterization, methane flux, methane oxidation rate

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Telepresence-enabled cruise with ROV dives from southern Oregon margin through Grays Canyon, Washington, including CTDs, overnight multibeam and EK80 seafloor/water column mapping, and seafloor experiments led by GEOMAR and NOAA PMEL. Extensive web presence on USGS websites.

Staff: Bill Danforth

Affiliate Staff:
Alex Demas (USGS OCAP)

Notes: This was a competitively chosen project for which Schmidt Ocean Institute is providing about $1 million in shiptime on the global class R/V Falkor. We are responsible for travel, shipping, other science, overtime, etc.

Location:

U.S. Cascadia (Pacific Northwest) margin, offshore Washington and Oregon

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Data Acquired