| Identifier | 1984-030-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | AII 112, Leg 4 | ||||||||
| Purpose | The major scientific objectives of diving on the escarpment are to determine the stratigraphy and depositional origin of the strata presently exposed on the escarpment face and to determine how and by what processes erosion has modified the present escarpment. | ||||||||
| Location | West Florida Escarpment, Mexican Basin, Gulf of Mexico, United States, North America, North Atlantic; | ||||||||
| Summary | ALVIN Dives 1342-1348. | ||||||||
| Info derived | Samples and chemical analysis; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology; | ||||||||
| Comments | The West Florida Escarpment is the topographic feature which separates the deep Gulf of Mexico (3400 m) from the Florida Platform (>1000 m). The escarpment is made up of outcropping Mesozoic limestones and has an average slope of 20-45 degrees. A comparable topographic feature might be one wall of the Grand Canyon. | ||||||||
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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| Principal investigators | Robert Commeau | ||
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| Affiliate principal | Charles Paull - SIO | ||
| Affiliate staff | Charles Paull - Ch. Sci., Scripps; Barbara Hecker - LDGO; Stjepko Golubic - BU; James Hook - BU; Raymond Freeman-Lynde - NORDA; Conrad Neumann - UNC; Elisabeth Sikes - UNC; William Corso - U.Texas-Austin; Ralph Hollis - Chief pilot, ALVIN; Don Collasius - DSV Pilot, WHOI; James Hardiman - DSV Pilot, WHOI; David Sanders - Research Asst., WHOI; Denzel Gleason - Research Asst., WHOI; Jonathan Borden - Research Asst., WHOI; James Aguiar, Jr. - Research Asst., WHOI; William Sellers - Research Asst., WHOI |
| Data category: | Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Visual Identification |
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| Data type: | Photo, Video, Navigation, Biology, Geology, Submersible Observations |
| Name | Description |
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| News release | Chief Scientist's news release following sulphur-seep discovery along the West Florida Escarpment. |
| Cruise report | WHOI cruise utilization report including trackmap, personnel, projects, pre-cruise plan. ALVIN dive summary, dive plans, and dive location maps. |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| Camera- deep sea | Photo | (no data reported) | |
| Video camera - deep sea | Video | (no data reported) | |
| Push corer (wh) | Biology, Geology | (no data reported) | |
| Loran-C | Navigation | (no data reported) | |
| Submersible Observation | Submersible Observations | 7 |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| 1984-030-FA-NL-004 | Submersible Observation | Dive Log Summary Summary of ALVIN Dive 1342 provided on WHOI's public webpages. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1984-030-FA-NL-005 | Submersible Observation | Dive Log Summary Summary of ALVIN Dive 1343 provided on WHOI's public webpages. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1984-030-FA-NL-006 | Submersible Observation | Dive Log Summary Summary of ALVIN Dive 1344 provided on WHOI's public webpages. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1984-030-FA-NL-007 | Submersible Observation | Dive Log Summary Summary of ALVIN Dive 1345 provided on WHOI's public webpages. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1984-030-FA-NL-008 | Submersible Observation | Dive Log Summary Summary of ALVIN Dive 1346 provided on WHOI's public webpages. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1984-030-FA-NL-009 | Submersible Observation | Dive Log Summary Summary of ALVIN Dive 1347 provided on WHOI's public webpages. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1984-030-FA-NL-010 | Submersible Observation | Dive Log Summary Summary of ALVIN Dive 1348 provided on WHOI's public webpages. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
