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Field Activity M181NP

Identifier M181NP
Alternate names M-1-81-NP,Pluto_Expedition_1
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Chief Scientists: Peter Lonsdale, Roland Von Huene, Gregory Moore. Geophysical data (echosounder, subbottomprofiler, sidescansonar, bottomtransponder) of field activity M-1-81-NP in Middle America Trench, off Guatemala from 09/00/1981 to 09/00/1981
Location off Guatemala
Info derived Bathymetry and seismic profiles
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Peter Lonsdale (Scripps) - Chief Scientist Roland Von Huene (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Gregory Moore (Scripps) - Chief Scientist Arsenault (Melville) - Ship Captain
Projects
Platform
Melville
Length 279 feet, beam 46 feet, draft 15.5.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1981-09-01
End (port not specified) 1981-09-30
Bounds
West -119.75
East -75.25
North 32.75
South 6.25
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca
La Jolla, CA
Principal investigators VonHuene, Roland
Crew members
Affiliate principal Peter Lonsdale (Scripps),Gregory Moore (Scripps)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Single Beam, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Transects

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
echosounder Single Beam (no data reported)
subbottomprofiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
sidescansonar Sidescan (no data reported)
bottomtransponder Transects (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity