Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Cruise Planning Synopsis
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AT26-19 | |
Ship | |
R/V Atlantis | |
Cruise Party | |
Charles Langmuir: Principal Investigator, Chief Scientist Harvard University 20 Oxford Street Cambridge , MA USA 02138 +1 617 384 9948 |
Departure: Aug 28, 2014 | |
Astoria | |
Arrival: Sep 11, 2014 | |
Astoria | |
Operations Area | |
Juan de Fuca Ridge and its flanks | |
Lat/Lon: 44° 45.0′ N / 131° 0.0′ W | |
Depth Range: 2200 / 3200 | |
Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? | Canada, possibly. |
Are visas or special travel documents required? | no |
Science Objectives | |
Our aim is to obtain as many and as deep jumbo piston cores as possible to investigate the potential temporal variability of hydrothermal activity on the Juan de Fuca Ridge. COring sites are currently planned to be west of the Juan de Fuca ridge axis. We will also try to obtain high resolution multibeam bathymetry out to a crustal age of 2 million years (~40 miles off-axis from the ridge). | |
Science Activities | |
Jumbo piston coring, box cores, multibeam mapping, possibly some wax coring on the axis of the Juan de Fuca. | |
Additional Info | |
Pre-cruise Planning Meeting: Teleconference/Visit WHOI | |
Meeting Notes: Pre Cruise April 17, 2014. | |
Stations: | |
Station 1 Distance: null Days: null Latitude: Longitude: | |
Supporting documentation: | |
»MST_CORE_LOGGER_RAD_AUTHZN.pdf | |
»Langmuir_JPC_deck_plan_prelim.pdf | |
»Langmuir_2014_Cruise_Track.pdf | |
»liftPC.pdf | |
»Pre-Cruise_Meeting_Agenda_AT26-19_-_Langmuir.pdf | |
»ThompsonOSU_JPC.pdf |
Funding |
Funding Agency: NSF | |
Grant or contract number: 1338832 |
Scientific Instrumentation for R/V Atlantis |
Shipboard Equipment | |||||||||||
Bathymetry System 12 kHz | |||||||||||
Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz | |||||||||||
Deionized Water System | |||||||||||
12 kHz Pinger for Wire Use | |||||||||||
Multibeam | |||||||||||
Navigation - Position | |||||||||||
Towed Magnetometer ![]() | |||||||||||
Shipboard Communication | |||||||||||
Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet | |||||||||||
Critical CTD Sensors | |||||||||||
Sediment Sampling | |||||||||||
Box corer | |||||||||||
Gravity corers | |||||||||||
Multi-core | |||||||||||
Rock dredges | |||||||||||
Storage Notes: I am not sure of the storage requirements for the cores on board. We should discuss at pre-cruise. | |||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
How many nets? | null | ||||||||||
How many tansponders? | null | ||||||||||
Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation? | no | ||||||||||
Navigation | |||||||||||
GPS | |||||||||||
Navigation Notes: | |||||||||||
Winches | |||||||||||
Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire | |||||||||||
Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire | |||||||||||
Winch Notes: | |||||||||||
Wire use and application | |||||||||||
Trawl Winch with 9/16th trawl wire | |||||||||||
Winch Notes: Need to get detailed requirements from OSU coring team. | |||||||||||
Standard Oceanographic Cables | |||||||||||
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Portable Vans | |||||||||||
Cold Storage Van |
Science Van 1 | |||
Type/size: OSU Core Logger Van | Location: 01 Deck? | ||
Water: | Power: | ||
Science Van 2 | |||
Type/size: OSU Cold Van | Location: Main Deck ? | ||
Water: | Power: | ||
Science Van 3 | |||
Type/size: OSU Core Van | Location: Main Deck | ||
Water: | Power: |
Specialized Deck Equipment
Mooring Deployment/Recovery Equipment Required: no | Type: |
Cruise Specific Science Winch Required: no | Type: |
Nets Required: no | Type: |
Over the Side Equipment
Special Requirements
Elecrical Power: no | Identify |
Equipment Handling: no | Identify: |
Inter/intraship Communications: no | Identify: |
Science Stowage: no | Identify: |
Water: no | Identify: |
Additional Cruise Items/Activities
Hazardous Material
Core Logger - rad authorization to put on board and use.
Radioactive Material
Additional Information
We will be Seabeam support as we will be generating high resolution seabeam maps. The cruise is primarily a coring cruise, but if coring needs a break, we would potential dredge, rock core, and map.
We will need wax coring capability. There is a wax core stand at WHOI, and should be the necessary modified gravity cores as well.
Checklist & Notes |
Checklist | |
U.S. Customs Form: | no |
Diplomatic Clearance: | no |
Date Submitted: | |
Date Approved: | |
Agent Information: | |
United States (Astoria, OR)Master R/V ATLANTIS Esther Jones, Administrative Assistant Port of Astoria Direct Line: (503) 741-3300 | |
Countries: | |
USA | |
Notes: | |
None Req. | |
Isotope Use Approval: | yes |
Isotope Notes: | |
Core Logger - Rad Auth. Req. | |
SCUBA Diving: | no |
Checklist | |
SSSG Tech: | |
Dave Simms, Ellen Roosen | |
2 day mobe Aug 26 & 27 2 day demobe Sept 12. | |