ALVIN Dive Information

Dive Number:	2170	Date:	12/10/89
Cruise:	AII-124	Leg:
Chief Scientist:	RYAN	Operations Area:	CARTERET CANYON
Latitude:	38-48.1N	Longitude:	72-43.5W
Pilot:	T. TENGDIN	Observer 1:	WILLIAM RYAN
		Observer 2:	CECILIA McHUGH
Launch Time:	0752	Time Submerged:	6:20
Recovery Time:	1412	Bottom Time:
Depth:	1803 meters	Purpose:	GEOLOGY
Sponsor:	NSF	Data:
Still Images:	2 Reel(s) 35mm color film	Moving Images:	3 8mm video tape(s)
Observed:	Sea cucumbers, Sea stars, Shrimp, Soft sediment, Sponges, Urchins, Holothurians, rattails, Purile(?), Chalk, Mudstone, Sandstone	Sampled:	ALVIN navigation, Soft sediment, Temperature records, Chalk, Mudstone, Sandstone, Sound velocity in mud and water

FrameGrabber Link:
Remarks:	Lots of outcrop of massive white chalk - relatively little talus. Chalk cliffs jointed.