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Field Activity Details for field activity L1281NP

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-12-81-NP,L-C-81-NP

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dennis Mann, Don Tompkins

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA and Crescent City, CA and Redwood City, CA and Crescent City, CA

End Port/Location: Treasure Island, CA and Crescent City, CA and Treasure Island, CA and Crescent City, CA

Start Date: 1981-09-19

End Date: 1981-10-05

Equipment Used: velocimeter, 12khz, 3.5khz, gravity, landtie, courserecorder, dopplersonar, integratednavigation, RhoRho, transitsatellite, airgun, sonobuoy, magnetics, 24channel

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Allen Adams, Barb Blubaugh, Mark Breitbart, Mike Casey, Aaron Dunwald, Roy Fields, Chris Gutmacher, Dave Hogg, Kaye Kinoshita, Dave Melendrez, Jan Morton, Kevin O'Toole, Terry Ruff, Greg Smith

Affiliate Staff:
Barbara Seekins - Watchstander
Dan Hurlbert - Mechanical Technician
Lisa Gossett - Navigator

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Dennis Mann - Chief Scientist
Don Tompkins - Chief Scientist
Aaron Dunwald - Chief Engineer
Allen Adams - Watchstander
Barb Blubaugh - Dafe Curator
Barbara Seekins - Watchstander
Chris Gutmacher - Geologist
Dan Hurlbert - Mechanical Technician
Dave Hogg - Electronics Technician
Dave Melendrez - Chief Mate
Greg Smith - Watchstander
Jan Morton - Geologist
Kaye Kinoshita - Navigator
Kevin O'Toole - Mechanical Technician
Lisa Gossett - Navigator
Mark Breitbart - Watchstander
Mike Casey - Watchstander
Roy Fields - Electronics Technician
Terry Ruff - Ship Captain

Location:

North Pacific Ocean

Boundaries
North: 45.35836 South: 37.50413 West: -130.798 East: -122.11925

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

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.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Rapp, John B., and Hostettler, Frances D, 1994, Hydrocarbons in sediment 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. 279–292.

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., Normark, W.R., Mann, D.M., and Tompkins, D.H., 1987, Geology, evolution, and mineral potential of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, pp. 537–547, URL: http://archives.datapages.com/data/circ_pac/0007/0537_f.html.

Morton, J.L., Sleep, N.H., Normark, W.R., and Tompkins, D.H., 1987, Structure of the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge from seismic reflection records: Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, v. 92 no. 11, pp. 11,315–11,326, doi: 10.1029/JB092iB11p11315.

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.

Morton, J.L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., 1994, Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough; an introduction, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, pp. 1–18.

Morton, J.L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., eds., 1994, Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, 359 p.

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.

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

FAN L1281NP has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=L1281NP.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
velocimeter --- Sound Velocity
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-12-81-np.305_053 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
Edited bathymetry data l-12-81-np.330
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-12-81-np.305
Tape list
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-12-81-np.301
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Sediment thickness data l-12-81-np.340
Survey information
gravity --- Gravity
Free Air Anomaly data l-12-81-np.161
Survey information
Gravity land tie data l-12-81-np.140
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
Free Air Anomaly data l-12-81-np.161_053 (Provisional best file)
Raw gravity data from analog meter l-12-81-np.111
landtie --- Gravity
Survey information
courserecorder --- Navigation
Survey information
dopplersonar --- Navigation
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Tape list
Position update data l-12-81-np.020
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-12-81-np.053 (Provisional best file)
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-12-81-np.053_degree
Survey information
field logs (data on FAD)
Lines
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-12-81-np.051
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-12-81-np.050
RhoRho --- Navigation
Survey information
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Survey information
Satellite data l-12-81-np.000
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy
sonobuoy (data on FAD)
Survey information
magnetics --- Magnetics
Raw magnetics data l-12-81-np.200_053
Raw magnetics data l-12-81-np.200
Edited magnetics data l-12-81-np.220
Edited magnetics data l-12-81-np.220_053 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
24channel --- Multichannel
Edited seismic shot point data l-12-81-np.420_053 (Provisional best file)
Edited seismic shot point data l-12-81-np.420
Survey information
Multichannel data (stack data) (Download SEG-Y files from National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS))
seismic (data on FAD)

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