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Field Activity 1987-007-FA

Identifier 1987-007-FA
Alternate names 118-12
Purpose Study sediment transport processes and the geotechnical behavior of sediment on seamounts.
Location Horizon Guyot, Magellan Rise, Mid-Pacific Mountains, North Pacific;
Summary ALVIN dives #1806, 1807, 1809, 1810, 1812, and 1814 resulted in biologic and sedimentologic samples and data from 34 stations. Push cores: 19; Box cores: 10; Rock samples: 2; Biologic data.
Platform
Atlantis II
210 feet, beam 44 feet, draft 17 feet.
Alvin
Length 23 feet; beam 8.5 feet.
Itinerary
Start Honolulu, HI 1987-02-28
End Apra Harbor, Guam 1987-04-01
Days in the field 33
Bounds
West -169.1
East -168.75
North 19.9
South 19.1

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators William C Schwab
Crew members
William C Schwab
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Kenneth Smith - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Affiliate staff James Hein - USGS-Menlo Park; Kenneth Smith - Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Time Series, Environmental Data
Data type: Biology, Geology, Mooring (physical oceanography), Dissolved Oxygen, CTD

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Push corer (wh) Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Box corer Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Current Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
Sediment traps Geology (no data reported)
Grab respirometer Dissolved Oxygen (no data reported)
CTD 19+ with OBS, PAR, DO, Chl CTD (no data reported)
Trawl Biology (no data reported)
Amphipod traps Biology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity