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AKA: none

Other ID: L-3-86-NC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Dave Clague

Affiliate Investigator(s): Peter Rona (NOAA)

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Eureka, CA

End Port/Location: Eureka, CA

Start Date: 1986-08-07

End Date: 1986-08-15

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, pinger, submersible, bathnav, bottomtransponder, GPS, integratednavigation, LoranC, RhoRho, transitsatellite, gravitycore, chaindredge

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Al McClenaghan, Bill Lafleur, Chris Poppe, Chuck Gilbert, Jeff Stampfer, Joe Thomas, Kaye Kinoshita, Kevin O'Toole, Rick Viall, Robin Brett, Stephanie Ross, Walt Friesen

Affiliate Staff:
Brad Laubach (MMS) - Unspecified Investigator
Debby Tatman - Dafe Curator
Greg McMurray (Dogami) - Watchstander
Jim Dodge (Navy) - Unspecified Investigator
Katie Howard (OSU) - Watchstander
Roger Denlinger (Vancouver) - Geologist
Terry Nelson (NOAA) - Geologist
Terry Owen (Navy) - Unspecified Investigator

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
Bill Lafleur - Chief Engineer
Brad Laubach (MMS) - Unspecified Investigator
Chris Poppe - Chief Mate
Chuck Gilbert - Navigator
Dave Clague - Chief Scientist
Debby Tatman - Dafe Curator
Greg McMurray (Dogami) - Watchstander
Jeff Stampfer - Mechanical Technician
Jim Dodge (Navy) - Unspecified Investigator
Joe Thomas - Electronics Technician
Katie Howard (OSU) - Watchstander
Kaye Kinoshita - Navigator
Kevin O'Toole - Mechanical Technician
Peter Rona (NOAA) - Chief Scientist
Rick Viall - Electronics Technician
Robin Brett - Geologist
Roger Denlinger (Vancouver) - Geologist
Stephanie Ross - Geophysicist
Terry Nelson (NOAA) - Geologist
Terry Owen (Navy) - Unspecified Investigator
Walt Friesen - Geologist

Location:

Northern California

Boundaries
North: 42.91489 South: 40.74646 West: -127.8136 East: -124.18632

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, 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., 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.

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.

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.

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
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
L-3-86-NC_154059;bathy3_5 (scanned microfilm)
Survey information
12khz --- Single Beam
Survey information
L-3-86-NC_154059;bathy12 (scanned microfilm)
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-3-86-nc.300
Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths l-3-86-nc.320
Edited bathymetry data l-3-86-nc.330
Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths l-3-86-nc.320_070 (Provisional best file)
pinger --- Transects
submersible --- Photo
Video
Biology
Geology
bathnav --- Navigation
Single Beam
bottomtransponder --- Transects
Survey information
GPS --- Navigation
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-3-86-nc.070 (Provisional best file)
File list
Survey information
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Position update data l-3-86-nc.020
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-3-86-nc.050
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-3-86-nc.070_degree
LoranC --- Navigation
RhoRho --- Navigation
Survey information
Loran C data l-3-86-nc.030
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data l-3-86-nc.000
Survey information
gravitycore --- Geology
04g
05g
08g
09g
13g
Station Information
chaindredge --- Geology
02d
03d
10d
11d
12d
15d
Station Information
sample descriptions (data in holdings)

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