Field Activity A288NC

Identifier A288NC
Alternate names A-2-88-NC,Dive_2042
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientists: John Edmond, Fred Grassle. Data (Sonatracktransducer, bathymetry, pinger, GPS, bottomtransponder, submersible) of field activity A-2-88-NC in Escanaba Trough from 06/02/1988 to 06/13/1988
Location Escanaba Trough
Summary physical data holdings
Comments Alvin dives #s 2033 - 2042 added ALV2093 and ALV2094 since no FACS ID existed for these Dave Kadko samples from Alvin. Staff information imported from InfoBank Rob Zierenberg - USGS Western Region Stephanie Ross - USGS Western Region Randy Koski - USGS Western Region Wayne C. Shanks III - USGS John Slack - USGS Chuck Heywood - USGS John Edmond - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Andy Campbell - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Martin Palmer - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chris Germanr - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rob Sherrell - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cindy Van Dover - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Fred Grassle - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Bruce Taylor - Geological Society of Canada Andy Magenheim - Scripps Institute of Oceanography Yoshitaka Gamo - University of Tokyo William Sangray - Cornell
Platform
Alvin
Length 23 feet; beam 8.5 feet.
Atlantis II
210 feet, beam 44 feet, draft 17 feet.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1988-06-02
End (port not specified) 1988-06-13
Bounds
West -127.517
East -127.45
North 41.1
South 40.96667

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Edmond, John
Crew members
Stephanie L Ross
Scientist, Staff
Campbell, Andy
Scientist, Staff
Edmond, John
Scientist, Staff
Koski, Randy
Scientist, Staff
Shanks, Pat
Scientist, Staff
Zierenberg, Rob
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Fred Grassle
Affiliate staff John Slack - USGS,Chuck Heywood - USGS,Martin Palmer - Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Chris Germanr - Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Rob Sherrell - Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cindy Van Dover - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute,Fred Grassle - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute,Bruce Taylor - Geological Society of Canada,Andy Magenheim - Scripps Institute of Oceanography,Yoshitaka Gamo - University of Tokyo,William Sangray - Cornell

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Photo, Video, Navigation, Transects, Biology, Geology, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Sonatracktransducer Single Beam (no data reported)
bathymetry Single Beam (no data reported)
pinger Transects (no data reported)
GPS Navigation (no data reported)
bottomtransponder Transects (no data reported)
submersible Photo, Video, Biology, Geology 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
ALV 2033-2041 submersible data at warehouse Carol A Reiss
ALV 2093-2094 submersible massive sulfide samples Carol A Reiss

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity