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AKA: none

Other ID: L-1-86-NC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jan Morton

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Location-Elevation: Transects, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Redwood City, CA

End Port/Location: Eureka, CA

Start Date: 1986-06-30

End Date: 1986-07-14

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, airgun, bottomtransponder, GPS, integratednavigation, RhoRho, transitsatellite, gravitycore, chaindredge, Niskenbottle, underwatercamera, underwatertelevision

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Al McClenaghan, Bill Lafleur, Carol Reiss, Chris Poppe, Chuck Gilbert, Corky Ozanne, Eileen Hemphill, Hal Williams, Jack Lee, Joe Thomas, John Gann, John Rapp, Kaye Kinoshita, Laura Benninger, Pat Crocker, Pat Shanks, Stephanie Ross, Wendy Bohrson, Henry Chezar

Affiliate Staff:
Linda Monroe (The Oregon) - Watchstander
Mitch Lyle (Or. St. U.) - Geologist

Notes: Gorda Ridge resources

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
Bill Lafleur (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Carol Reiss (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Chris Poppe (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
Chuck Gilbert (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Corky Ozanne (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Eileen Hemphill (Navigator, USGS Western Region) - Haley
Hal Williams (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Hank Chezar (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Jack Lee (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jan Morton (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Joe Thomas (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
John Gann (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
John Rapp (USGS Western Region) - Geochemist
Kaye Kinoshita (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Laura Benninger (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Linda Monroe (The Oregon) - Watchstander
Mitch Lyle (Or. St. U.) - Geologist
Pat Crocker (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Pat Shanks (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Stephanie Ross (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Wendy Bohrson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 41.07375 South: 37.58811 West: -127.7148 East: -122.22691

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.

Chezar, H., and Newman, I., 2006, Overview: DVD-video disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1101, https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1101/.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1127.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1126.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1128.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1129.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1130.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1131.

Chezar, H., and Newman, Ivy, 2004, DVD-Video Disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1132.

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., 1986, 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., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1986, Polymetallic sulfide associated with asphaltic petroleum at the Gorda Ridge spreading center, offshore Northern California: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 67 no. 44, pp. 1283–1283.

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.

Koski, R.A., Morton, J.L., Zierenberg, R.A., Shanks, W.C.I.I.I., Campbell, A.C., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1991, Large sulfide-sulfate mounds, hydrothermal fluids, and altered sediment in Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge; elements of a mature hydrothermal system at a sediment-covered spreading axis: In: Good, E.E., Slack, J.F., and Kotra, R.K. (Eds.). U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1062(USGS research on mineral resources, 1991; program and abstracts), pp. 46–47, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1062.

Koski, R.A., Zierenberg, R.A., Kvenvolden, K.A., and Shanks, W.C.I.I.I., 1987, Mineralogy and chemistry of hydrothermal sulfide and petroleum deposits from Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge: In: Sachs, J.S. (Ed.). U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0995(USGS research on mineral resources, 1987; program and abstracts), 35 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir995.

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, J.B., and Hostettler, F.D., 1987, Hydrocarbon geochemistry of petroleum associated with sediment-hosted sulfides from Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-375-C, 18 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1987/0375a/report.pdf.

Kvenvolden, K.A., and Kastner, Miriam, 1988, Gas hydrates in sediment of the Peruvian continental margin: , Chemical Congress of North America, Abstracts of Papers.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Morton, Janet L., and Holmes, Mark L., 1986, Hydrothermal petroleum associated with polymetallic sulfides, Escanaba Trough, offshore Northern California: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 663–663.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Rapp, John B., and Hostettler, Frances D., 1990, Hydrocarbon geochemistry of hydrothermally generated petroleum from Escanaba Trough, offshore California, U.S.A., Simoneit, Bernd R.T., ed., Organic matter in hydrothermal systems; maturation, migration and biogeochemistry, selected papers from the symposium held at the Third chemical congress of North America and the 195th American Chemical Society national meeting: Applied Geochemistry, v. 5 no. 1-2, pp. 83–91.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Rapp, J.B., Hostettler, F.D., Morton, J.L., King, J.D., and Claypool, G.E., 1986, Petroleum associated with polymetallic sulfide in sediment from Gorda Ridge: Science, v. 234 no. 4781, pp. 1231–1234.

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., Koski, R.A., Normark, W.R., and Ross, S.L., 1987, Distribution and composition of massive sulfide deposits at Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge: In: McMurray, G.R. (Ed.). Proceedings of the Gorda Ridge Symposium: New York, NY, Springer-Verlag Gorda Ridge: a seafloor spreading center in the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone.

Morton, J.L., Normark, W.R., Ross, S.L., Koski, R.A., Holmes, M.L., Shanks III, W.C., Zierenberg, R.A., Lyle, M.W., and Benninger, L.M., 1987, Preliminary report, cruises L1-86-NC and L2-86-NC, Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-375-A, 20 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1987/0375c/report.pdf.

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., Normark, William R., Clague, David A., and Holmes, Mark L., 1987, Fine-scale segmentation of the sedimented southern Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, General Assembly, v. 19 no. 1, pp. 88–88.

Morton, J.L., Normark, William R., Holmes, Mark L., and Lyle, Mitchell W., 1987, Geologic setting of two sediment-hosted hydrothermal mineral localities in Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, in Sachs, Janet Somerville, ed., USGS research on mineral resources, 1987; program and abstracts: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0995, pp. 49–50.

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.

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.

Wong, F.L., 1989, Mineralogy of sand in turbidites from Escanaba Trough, Northeast Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-0661, 10 p.

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
12khz --- Single Beam
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-1-86-nc.300
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-1-86-nc.300_070 (Provisional best file)
Edited bathymetry data l-1-86-nc.330
Survey information
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
bottomtransponder --- Transects
Survey information
GPS --- Navigation
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Lines
Survey information
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-1-86-nc.070 (Provisional best file)
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-1-86-nc.070_degree
Tape list
Position update data l-1-86-nc.020
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-1-86-nc.050
RhoRho --- Navigation
Survey information
Loran C data l-1-86-nc.030
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Survey information
Satellite data l-1-86-nc.000
gravitycore --- Geology
01g
08g
19g
25g
26g
27g
33g
Station Information
foram slides (data in holdings)
07g
chaindredge --- Geology
22
24
29
30
15
16
31
34
35
37
Station Information
03
38
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
underwatercamera --- Photo
underwatertelevision --- Video
media (processed video from DVD on FAD)

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