1989-034-FA (CMHRP activity #1065)

Field Activity 1989-034-FA

Identifier

1989-034-FA

Alternate names

ATL2 124; ALVIN 2168 thru 2176

Purpose

Sediment investigations, sea floor mapping, and ALVIN submersible test dives.

Location

Atlantic Continental Slope off New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Summary

Still images: 9 reels 35-mm color film; Moving images: 23 8-mm video tapes; Samples: carbonates, sediments, chalk, mudstone, sandstone; Other Geophysical: temperature records, sound velocity records, navigation, Seabeam multibeam bathymetry.

Info derived

Samples and chemical analysis;

Comments

WHOI cruise data summary and ALVIN dive summaries may be accessed via the On-Line Data Resources Archive link. Submitted 01/08/09 by A. Orton for D. Twichell. Data Curator: William Ryan, LDEO.

URL

http://www.marine.whoi.edu/CrusData.nsf/84233dcb24523dde852566a200674d02/ab83b5f124749de6852566bb00673c29?OpenDocument

Platform

Alvin Length 23 feet; beam 8.5 feet.
Atlantis II 210 feet, beam 44 feet, draft 17 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Woods Hole, MA	1989-12-05
End	Woods Hole, MA	1989-12-19
Days in the field	14

Bounds

West	-73.0833
East	-72.16667
North	39.16667
South	38.33333

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

David C Twichell

Crew members

David C Twichell

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

PARTNER,

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

William B. F. Ryan - Chief Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory LDEO

Affiliate staff

William Ryan - Ch. Sci., LDEO

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Sonar, Visual Identification
Data type:	Video, Multibeam, Submersible Observations

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
SeaBeam 2112	Multibeam	(no data reported)
Video camera - deep sea	Video	(no data reported)
Submersible Observation	Submersible Observations	10

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1989-034-FA-NL-002	Submersible Observation	Short cruise summary for ATLANTIS II Cruise 124 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-003	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2168 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-004	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2169 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-005	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2170 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-006	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2171 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-007	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2172 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-008	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2173 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-009	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2174 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-010	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2175 provided on WHOI's public web pages	PARTNER
1989-034-FA-NL-011	Submersible Observation	Summary of ALVIN Dive 2176 provided on WHOI's public webpages.	PARTNER