Mineralization and volcanism of the Mariana volcanic arc
Description
United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Jim Hein. Research Cruise NT09-08 data of field activity N-8-09-WP in Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands EEZs from 06/10/2009 to 06/23/2009
Location
Commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands EEZs
Summary
Cruise report available from Hein
Info derived
Composition and seafloor imagery of arc volcanic rocks and hydrothermal minerals; bathymetry
Comments
Cruise data at;
http://www.godac.jamstec.go.jp/darwin/cruise/natsushima/nt09-08/e
MARFAC help not needed; USGS participant included Hein
67.3 meter length, 13 meter beam, 5 meter draft. Built 1981 - support ship for SHINKAI 2000. Became support ship for ROV Hyper-Dolphin in 2002. Retired 2016.
This data release compiles element composition data for more than 600 deep-ocean mineral samples from more than 25 research cruises in the Pacific Ocean since 1979 that involved USGS researchers. Deep-ocean mineral sample types encompassed in this data release include ferromanganese crusts, manganese nodules, phosphorites, and hydrothermal minerals. This data release is comprised of both unpublished as well as previously published data and reports and includes analytical methods and instrument detection limits whenever available.
