80 miles east of Charleston: 1. To establish stratigraphic age, lithology, and phosphorite content of strata by bottom sampling of outcrop areas. 2. To determine the nature of scarps. To observe and measure fracture patterns and possible scour and bioerosion features. 3. To observe and record phosphorite pavement thickness and extent and presence and thickness of manganese rinds. 4. To assess the benthic ecology of the study area, with particular emphasis on sessile epifauna. 5. To record current directions and speed with time. 6. To observe and record nepheloid layers, acoustic scattering and other organisms in the water column, and other water column parameters.
Location
Blake Plateau, east of Charleston, South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary
Data acquired: 9 video tapes taken with the external camera; 9 video tapes taken with the internal camera; 3 rolls of 36-exposure slides; pictures taken with external Benthos camera; 12 rock samples; 38 sand samples.
Vernon J. Henry - Georgia State U., John B. Wilson - Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Paul Huddlestun - Georgia Geological Survey, Robert Woolsey - U. of Miss. Mineral Resource Inst., Mark Evans - Emory University, Fisal Idris - Skidaway Institute, Clark Alexander - Skidaway Institute, Andrew Shepard - NOAA/NURP
