ALVIN Dive Information
Dive Number:
2792
Date:
07/06/94
Cruise:
AII-131
Leg:
16
Chief Scientist:
EMBLEY/TREFRY
Operations Area:
JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE - Coaxial Eruption
Latitude:
46-31.87N
Longitude:
129-34.78W
Pilot:
P. HICKEY
Observer 1:
MIKE PERFIT
Observer 2:
BILL CHADWICK
Launch Time:
0759
Time Submerged:
7:18
Recovery Time:
1517
Bottom Time:
Depth:
2439 meters
Purpose:
GEOLOGY/CHEMISTRY
Sponsor:
NSF
Data:
1 CD-ROM Incl. Dives 2196-2197, 2331-2799, data transferred from 3.5" diskette(s)
Still Images:
2 Reel(s) 35mm color film Incl. Dives 2790-94
Moving Images:
6 Hi8 video tape(s)
Observed:
Anemones, Basalt lava, Inactive vent deposits, Non-vent fish, Sea cucumbers, Sea stars, Soft sediment, Sponges
Sampled:
Basalt lava, Inactive vent deposits
FrameGrabber Link:
Remarks:
Round rift area filled with 1993 lava flow. thick hydrothermal sediment found on 1981-92 flow.