Field Activity 1986-026-FA

Identifier 1986-026-FA
Alternate names ATL2 118-3; ALVIN Dives 1760-1771
Purpose The purpose of this cruise is to conduct a series of ALVIN dives along the base of the Florida Escarpment to collect samples for geologic and chemical analyses, and to collect Seabeam data in localized areas along the escarpment.
Location west Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Info derived Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments Information derived from pre-cruise report and WHOI cruise and dive reports; no post-cruise report found.
Platform
Alvin
Length 23 feet; beam 8.5 feet.
Atlantis II
210 feet, beam 44 feet, draft 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start Tampa, FL 1986-10-26
End Tampa, FL 1986-11-08
Days in the field 14
Bounds
West -81.5669
East -78.31055
North 30.13626
South 25.40358

Personnel

Organization
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
Robert Commeau
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Charlie Paull - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
Affiliate staff Others from Scripps and UNC

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SeaBeam 2112 Multibeam (no data reported)
Submersible Observation Submersible Observations 12

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1986-026-FA-NL-002 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1760 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-003 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1761 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-004 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1762 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-005 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1763 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-006 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1764 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-007 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1765 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-008 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1766 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-009 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1767 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-010 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1768 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-011 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1769 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-012 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1770 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER
1986-026-FA-NL-013 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 1771 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity