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Field Activity Details for field activity K283NP

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AKA: KK283NP

Other ID: K-2-83-NP

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Clague

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Eureka, CA

End Port/Location: Eureka, CA

Start Date: 1983-10-08

End Date: 1983-10-13

Equipment Used: sidescansonar, LoranC, 3.5khz, chaindredge

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff: Bob Beauchamp, Alice Davis, Rick DelMutolo, Jackie Eaby, Walt Friesen, Jim Moore, Lisa Morgenson, Marlene Noble, Gerry O'Brien, John Stahl

Affiliate Staff:
Benny Loebner (USGS) - Watchstander
Bob Hayes - Ship Captain
Jim Knapp - Watchstander
Kate Pound - Navigator
Richard Perry - Geologist

Notes: Sidescan data added 2/21/18
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Alice Davis - Watchstander
Benny Loebner (USGS) - Watchstander
Bob Beauchamp - Geologist
Bob Hayes - Ship Captain
Dave Clague (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Jackie Eaby - Navigator
Gerry O'Brien - Mechanical Technician
Jim Knapp - Watchstander
Jim Moore (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
John Stahl - Chief Mate
Kate Pound - Navigator
Lisa Morgenson (USGS) - Watchstander
Marlene Noble (USGS) - Navigator
Richard Perry - Geologist
Rick DelMutolo - Chief Engineer
Walter Friesen - Watchstander

Location:

North Pacific

Boundaries
North: 42.998 South: 40.92783 West: -127.461 East: -124.39167

Platform(s):

photo of Kana Keoki
Kana Keoki

Publications

Bohlke, J.K., and Shanks, W.C., III,, 1994, Stable isotope study of hydrothermal vents at Escanaba Trough; observed and calculated effects of sediment-seawater interaction, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 223–239.

Campbell, A.C., German, Chris R., Palmer, Martin R., Gamo, Toshitaka, and Edmond, John M., 1994, Chemistry of hydrothermal fluids from Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 201–221.

Davis, A.S., Clague, D.A., and Friesen, W.B., 1994, Petrology and mineral chemistry of basalt from Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 153–170.

Davis, E.E., and Becker, Keir, 1994, Thermal and tectonic structure of Escanaba Trough; new heat-flow measurements and seismic-reflection profiles, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 45–64.

Denlinger, R.P., and Holmes, Mark L., 1994, A thermal and mechanical model for sediment hills and associated sulfide deposits along Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds. Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 65–75.

Grassle, J.F., and Petrecca, Rosemarie F., 1994, Soft-sediment hydrothermal vent communities of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 327–335.

Karlin, R.E., and Morton, Janet L., 1994, Crustal magnetization and basement structure of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 77–90.

Karlin, R.E., and Zierenberg, Robert A., 1994, Sedimentation and neotectonism in the SESCA area, Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 131–141.

Koski, R.A., Benninger, L.M., Zierenberg, R.A., and Jonasson, I.R., 1994, Composition and growth history of hydrothermal deposits in Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge: In: Morton, J.L., Zierenberg, R.A., and Reiss, C.A. (Eds.). U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022(Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California), pp. 293–324, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b2022.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Rapp, J. B., and Hostettler, F. D., 1994, Hydrocarbons in sediment from Escanaba Trough; In, Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202, pp. 279–292, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b2022.

Magenheim, A.J., and Gieskes, Joris M., 1994, Evidence for hydrothermal fluid flow through surficial sediments, Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 241–255.

Morton, J.L., Zierenberg, R. A., and Reiss, C. A., 1994, Eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2202, 359 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/b2022.

Morton, J.L., and Fox, Christopher G., 1994, Structural setting and interaction of volcanism and sedimentation at Escanaba Trough; geophysical results, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 21–43.

Normark, W.R., Gutmacher, C.E., Zierenberg, R.A., Wong, F.L., and Rosenbauer, R.J., 1994, Sediment fill of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 91–129.

Quinterno, P.J., 1994, Quaternary foraminifers from Escanaba Trough, Northeast Pacific Ocean, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 337–359.

Ross, S.L., and Zierenberg, Robert A., 1994, Volcanic geomorphology of the SESCA and NESCA sites, Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 143–151.

Steele, W.C., Degnan, C.H., Deeter, G.B., and Riordan, J.A., 1989, Description of marine geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and how to obtain it: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-167, 26 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr89167.

Zierenberg, R.A., Morton, J.L., Koski, R.A., and Ross, S.L., 1994, Geologic setting of massive sulfide mineralization in Escanaba Trough: In: Morton, J.L., Zierenberg, R.A., and Reiss, C.A. (Eds.). U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022(Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore northern California), pp. 171–197.

Zierenberg, R.A., and Shanks, Wayne C., II, 1994, Sediment alteration associated with massive sulfide formation in Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge; the importance of seawater mixing and magnesium metasomatism, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 257–277.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
sidescan (data on FAD)
LoranC --- Navigation
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data k-2-83-np.070_degree
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Satellite data k-2-83-np.000
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data k-2-83-np.070 (Provisional best file)
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Edited bathymetry data k-2-83-np.335
Edited bathymetry data k-2-83-np.335_070 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
chaindredge --- Geology
samples (digital data on FAD)
foram slides (data in holdings)
dredge logs (data in holdings)
dredge sample (1030 O'Brien; returned from MBARI 5/3/2017)
Station Information

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