| Identifier | W691WP | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | W-6-91-WP,Tunes_6 | ||||||||
| Purpose | To study seamount ages and basalt chemistry in order to better understand the long term history of the South Pacific thermal anomaly. | ||||||||
| Description | United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,Scripps Institution of Oceanography,Korea Institute of Geology, Mining, and Materials, Taejon, Korea,Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, Kilbride, UK. Chief Scientists: Jim Hein, Hubert Staudigel. Geological data (dredge, bathymetry) of field activity W-6-91-WP in Northwest Pacific from 10/31/1991 to 12/02/1991 | ||||||||
| Location | Northwest Pacific | ||||||||
| Summary | physical data holdings 13 NW Pacific seamounts and guyots were dredged during the Tunes 6 cruise. A total of 35 dredges were attempted and 23 recovered Fe-Mn crust samples and substrate rock. One or two dredge hauls recovedred samples from most guyots, however, Vlinder and Batiza Guyots yielded five and four dredge haul recoveries, respectively. Minor additional bathymetric surveys were conducted during Tunes 6. | ||||||||
| Info derived | Sample descriptions, detailed chemical and mineralogical analyses of bulk Fe-Mn crusts and individual crust layers, and major oxide compositions and mineralogy for substrate rocks. | ||||||||
| Comments | Staff information imported from InfoBank Jim Hein (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Susan Zielinski - USGS Western Region Hubert Staudigel (SCRIPPS) - Chief Scientist Se (Korea Institute of Geology, Mining, and Materials) - Won Chang Michelle Greene - USGS Western Region Malcolm Pringle - Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre | ||||||||
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| Activity | Geological |
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Korea Institute of Geology, Mining, and Materials
Taejon, Korea,
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Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre
Kilbride, UK,
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Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca
La Jolla, CA
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2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
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| Principal investigators | James R Hein | ||||||
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| Affiliate principal | Hubert Staudigel (SCRIPPS) |
| Data category: | Sampling, Sonar |
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| Data type: | Geology, Single Beam |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| dredge | Geology | 31 | |
| bathymetry | Single Beam | (no data reported) |
