AKA: none
Other ID: A-7-68-NP
Status: Completed
Organization(s): Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca, USGS, National Center
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Affiliate Investigator(s): Harry Ladd (USGS),W.A. Newman (SIO)
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Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geological and faunal investigation.
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Start Date: 1968-09-06
End Date: 1968-09-14
Equipment Used: bathymetry, echosounder, dredge
Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, geologic age.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The area in which rocks of Cretaceous age are known to occur was extended toward Wake Island during this cruise. Seismic and echo-sounder surveying proved that one of the guyots was actually an ancient atoll with its elevated rim now submerged more than 600 fathoms. Dredging on the atoll showed that its rim was built primarily by rudistids of Cretaceous age. Cretaceous corals were also obtained from the drowned atoll: some chert was present, and most of the dredged material was heavily encrusted with manganese oxide.
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Harry Ladd (USGS) - Chief Scientist
W.A. Newman (SIO) - Chief Scientist
Location:
North Pacific
Boundaries | |||
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North: 19.9928 | South: 17.7687 | West: 166.5407 | East: 179.9854 |
Platform(s):
Alex. Agassiz |
U. S. Geological Survey, 1969, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1969: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 650-A, A96 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0650a/report.pdf.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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bathymetry | --- | Single Beam | Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths a-7-68-np.325_050 (Provisional best file) Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths a-7-68-np.325 |
echosounder | --- | Single Beam | |
dredge | --- | Geology |