Field Activity 1985-013-FA

Identifier 1985-013-FA
Purpose Conduct a detailed study of a seamount briefly surveyed during the SONNE cruise of August 1984.
Location Johnston Island, Johnston Atoll, United States, Middle Pacific;
Info derived Seabeam records;Bottom photographs and video tapes;Current meter records;Sediment, ferromanganese crust, and rock substrate samples;Water column measurements - temperature, oxygen, salinity, pressure;Shipboard chemical analysis (XRF) of selected samples;
Comments Information derived from pre-cruise report; no post-cruise report found.
Platform
Sonne
Length: 97.61 m (320 ft 3 in); Beam: 14.20 m (46 ft 7 in).
Itinerary
Start Suva, Fiji 1985-05-14
End Honolulu, HI 1985-06-05
Days in the field 23
Bounds
West -174
East -165
North 19
South 13

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Robert Commeau
Crew members
William C Schwab
Scientist, Staff
Robert Commeau
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Jim Hein (Menlo Park)
Affiliate staff Jim Hein (USGS-Menlo Park), Walt Freisen (USGS-Menlo Park), Peter Halbach (Technical University at Clausthal, West Germany), Doris Puteanus (Technical University at Clausthal, West Germany); 3-4 West Germans

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Time Series, Imagery, Sampling, Environmental Data
Data type: Multibeam, Mooring (physical oceanography), Photo, Biology, Geology, CTD, Fluorescence

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBeam 2112 Multibeam (no data reported)
Current Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo (no data reported)
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Multisonde CTD CTD (no data reported)
Gravity corer Geology (no data reported)
Dredge Biology, Geology (no data reported)
X-ray Fluorescence Unit Fluorescence (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity