1996 Long-Term (>1 cruise) Moorings



Chief Scientist Location Experiment Mooring Type Lat Long Bottom Depth Deploy Recover Release Type Height above seafloor
Morton/Normark, USGS; Saxena, UH; Tucker, NPS Cleft Inter. Baseline

horiz. strain

Precision xponders 44 40.36 130 21.65 2205 . N/A . 2
. . . Precision xponders 44 40.27 130 21.14 2205 . N/A . 2
. . . Precision xponders 44 40.02 130 21.85 2205 . N/A . 2
. . . Precision xponders 44 39.88 130 21.35 2205 . N/A . 2
Spiess, SIO Cleft Long baseline

horiz. strain

Precision xponders 44 40.35 130 25.00 2280 . N/A . 1
. . . Precision xponders 44 41.36 130 21.80 2180 . N/A . 1
. . . Precision xponders 44 39.18 130 22.57 2180 . N/A . 1
. . . Precision xponders 44 38.99 130 21.81 2205 . N/A . 1
. . . Precision xponders 44 41.23 130 20.60 2180 . N/A . 1
. . . Precision xponders 44 39.42 130 18.59 2305 . N/A . 1
Zumberge, UCSD Cleft Abs. gravity OBAGM 44 40.97 130 24.29 . . N/A . 1
. . . OBAGM 44 39.30 130 22.33 . . N/A . 1
. . . OBAGM 44 37.80 130 18.80 . . N/A . 1
Delaney, UW Endeavour Vent field mapping 2 Expendable

transponders

48 00 129 00 . 25 MAY 95 N/A ? ?
Baker, NOAA Cleft Plume transport Current meter 44 58.13 130 12.80 2285 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 200
. . . Current meter 44 58.00 130 12.85 2290 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 400
. . . Current meter 44 59.90 130 11.77 2275 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 400
. . . Current meter 44 40.50 130 21.31 2235 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 350
. . Plume monitor Temp Sensor 45 09.5 130 06.8 2290 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 475
. . . Temp Sensor 45 05.0 130 09.25 2300 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 474
. . . Temp Sensor 45 02.42 130 10.63 2286 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 475
. . . Temp Sensor 44 54.67 130 14.41 2275 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 475
. . . Temp Sensor 44 52.0 130 15.59 2280 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 475
. . . Temp Sensor 44 49.52 130 17.02 2290 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 EG&G 475
. Axial Vert. deformation Volcanic System Monitor 45 56.00 129 59.00 1535 12 JUN 95 25 JUN 96 . 2
Thomson, IOS Endeavour Particle flux Current meter/

Sediment Trap

48 07.49 128 21.11 2610 13 JUL 95 31 JUL 96 Parallel Oceano 191 1000
. . Current meter/

Sediment Trap

47 56.37 129 09.67 2404 13 JUL 95 31 JUL 96 Parallel Oceano 191 700
. . . Current meter/

Sediment Trap

47 56.97 129 05.70 . 13 JUL 95 31 JUL 96 Parallel Oceano 191 500
Fox, NOAA Axial Vert. deformation Volcanic System Monitor 45 57.40 130 00.00 1550 18 JUL 95 25 JUN 96 . 1
. . Volcanic System Monitor 45 57.70 129 58.00 1550 18 JUL 95 25 JUN 96 . 1
Johnson, UW CoAxial Magnetics, vert. deformation, heat flow 5 magnetometers/

tiltmeters, 1 heat flow blanket, 4

expendable xponders

46 31.9

46 30.8

46 18.8

46 17.7

46 16.6

129 33.5

129 33.8

129 41.4

129 42.0

129 42.4

. 24 AUG 95 Expendable NONE 1-100
Baker, NOAA Cleft Plume transport Current meter 44 58.00 130 12.85 2285 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 450
. . . Current meter 44 59.90 130 11.77 2275 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 200
. . Plume monitor Temp Sensor 45 09.58 130 6.73 2290 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 400
. . . Temp Sensor 45 5.0 130 9.25 2325 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 400
. . . Temp Sensor 45 2.45 130 10.6 2295 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 400
. . . Temp Sensor 44 54.65 130 14.4 2295 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 400
. . . Temp Sensor 44 52.0 130 15.6 2295 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 400
. . . Temp Sensor 44 49.5 130 17.0 2290 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 400
. Gorda Ridge Plume transport Current meter 42 38.3 126 49.6 3000 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 900
. Axial Volcano . Current meter 45 33.0 130 5.0 2275 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 800
. . . Current meter 45 55.4 129 46.0 2020 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 600
. . . Current meter 46 16.5 129 49.5 2130 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 600
. . . Current meter 45 55. 129 58.0 1550 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 60
. . . Current meter 46 00.15 130 9.1 1940 10 JUN 95 SUMMER 97 EG&G 200
Thomson, IOS Endeavour . Acoustic sounder 47 56.97 129 05.70 2140 19 JUN 96 JUN 97 InterOcean or Oceanus .
Webb, SIO Escanaba Trough Seismicity OBS . . . 6 AUG 96 MAY 97 Webb lab .
. Middle Valley Seismicity OBS . . . 10 AUG 96 MAY 97 Webb lab .
Delaney, UW

Fisher, PSU

Juniper, UdQ

Endeavour Biological monitoring Camera, temperature arrays . . . 12 AUG 96 SUMMER 97 . 1
Villinger, Germany E flank JDFR Seismicity OBS . . . 20 AUG 96 16 SEP 96 MORS
Spiess, SIO Cleft Abs. gravity OBAGM Additional sites near 44 40 N . . 2 SEP 96 N/A . 1