Field Activity Details for field activity 2020-613-FA

AKA: MBARI Tusk Cruise

Other ID: none

Status: Cancelled

Organization(s): Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Other

Affiliate Investigator(s): Steven Haddock (MBARI)

Information Specialist(s): Kira Mizell

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Visual Identification: Submersible Observations

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To locate and recover the second half of a mammoth tusk found on an unnamed seamount 200 nm offshore just south of Monterey Bay. Ferromanganese crusts and nodules will also be recovered for age comparison to the FeMn crust accreted on the tusk. Video will be collected and exploration for any other fossils.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

End Port/Location: Moss Landing, CA

Start Date: 2020-03-31

End Date: 2020-04-04

Equipment Used: MBARI ROV, video, underwatercamera, Submersible observations

Information to be Derived: Visual Observation, geological characterization and age determination of fossils and ferromanganese crust

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Field activity was postponed until further noticed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Staff: Kira Mizell

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Notes: I am a collaborating scientist on this expedition which is lead by MBARI scientists and funded by MBARI. Focus of study is an unnamed seamount 200 nautical miles offshore California, due west of Cambria, CA, USA, Pacific Ocean. Approximate coordinates: 35.435389, -125.035806

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Cambria, California, USA, Pacific Ocean

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