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Field Activity 1989-024-FA

Identifier 1989-024-FA
Alternate names ATL2 120-2; ALVIN 2160
Purpose ALVIN sea trials; video, photography, sampling.
Location Atlantic Continental Slope off New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Still images: 1 reel 35-mm color film; moving images: 2 8-mm video tapes; samples: carbonates, sediments, piston and gravity cores.
Info derived Samples and chemical analysis;
Comments Lamont-Doherty core descriptions may be accessed via the On-Line Data Resources Samples link. Submitted 01/08/09 by A. Orton for D. Twichell. Data Curator: William Ryan, LDEO.
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Platform
Alvin
Length 23 feet; beam 8.5 feet.
Atlantis II
210 feet, beam 44 feet, draft 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start St. George, Bermuda 1989-08-21
End Woods Hole, MA 1989-08-31
Days in the field 11
Bounds
West -73.0833
East -72.16667
North 39.16667
South 38.33333

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
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, Sampling, Visual Identification
Data type: Photo, Video, Biology, Geology, Submersible Observations

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Video camera - deep sea Video (no data reported)
Camera- deep sea Photo (no data reported)
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Submersible Observation Submersible Observations 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1989-024-FA-NL-002 Submersible Observation Summary of ALVIN Dive 2160 provided on WHOI's public webpages. PARTNER

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity