Identification_Information:

  Citation:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
      Publication_Date: 20081216
      Title:
        Geophysical data of field activity N-1-86-NC in Northern
        California from 06/11/1986 to 07/01/1986
      Publication_Information:
        Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
      Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/gos/n-1-86-nc.fmeta.xml
      Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/n/n186nc/html/n-1-86-nc.meta.html

  Description:
    Abstract:
      Chief Scientist: Mark Holmes. Geophysical data (12khz,
      sidescansonar) of field activity N-1-86-NC in Northern
      California from 06/11/1986 to 07/01/1986,
      http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/n/n186nc/html/n-1-86-nc.meta.html.

    Purpose:
      These data and information are intended for science
      researchers, students from elementary through
      college, policy makers, and general public.

    Supplemental_Information:

      Equipment Used -

      12khz                         12 khz bathymetry

      sidescansonar

      Publications -

      Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., eds., 1994, Geologic,

      hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern

      California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, 359 p.


      


      Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., 1994, Geologic,

      hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough; an introduction, in Morton,

      Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal,

      and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California:

      U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 1-18.


      


      Morton, Janet L., and Fox, Christopher G., 1994, Structural setting and interaction

      of volcanism and sedimentation at Escanaba Trough; geophysical results, in Morton, Janet

      L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic

      studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological

      Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 21-43.


      


      Denlinger, Roger P., and Holmes, Mark L., 1994, A thermal and mechanical model for

      sediment hills and associated sulfide deposits along Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet

      L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic

      studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological

      Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 65-75.


      


      Karlin, Robert E., and Morton, Janet L., 1994, Crustal magnetization and basement

      structure of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol

      A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge,

      offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 77-90.

      


      Normark, William R., Gutmacher, Christina E., Zierenberg, Robert A., Wong, Florence L.,

      and Rosenbauer, Robert J., 1994, Sediment fill of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet

      L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic

      studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological

      Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 91-129.


      


      Karlin, Robert E., and Zierenberg, Robert A., 1994, Sedimentation and neotectonism

      in the SESCA area, Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge, in Morton, Janet

      L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic

      studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological

      Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 131-141.


      


      Ross, Stephanie L., and Zierenberg, Robert A., 1994, Volcanic geomorphology of the SESCA

      and NESCA sites, Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet

      L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic

      studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological

      Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 143-151.


      


      Davis, Alice S., Clague, David A., and Friesen, Walter B., 1994, Petrology and mineral

      chemistry of basalt from Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet

      L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic

      studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological

      Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 153-170.


      


      Zierenberg, Robert A., Morton, Janet L., Koski, Randolph A., and Ross, Stephanie L., 1994,

      Geologic setting of massive sulfide mineralization in Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet

      L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic

      studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological

      Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 171-197.


      


      Campbell, Andrew C., German, Chris R., Palmer, Martin R., Gamo, Toshitaka, and Edmond,

      John M., 1994, Chemistry of hydrothermal fluids from Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, in

      Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal,

      and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California:

      U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 201-221.


      


      Bohlke, J.K., and Shanks, W.C., III, 1994, Stable isotope study of hydrothermal vents

      at Escanaba Trough; observed and calculated effects of sediment-seawater interaction,

      in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal,

      and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California:

      U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 223-239.


      


      Magenheim, Andrew J., and Gieskes, Joris M., 1994, Evidence for hydrothermal fluid flow

      through surficial sediments, Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A.,

      Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough,

      Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022,

      p. 241-255.


      


      Zierenberg, Robert A., and Shanks, Wayne C., III, 1994, Sediment alteration associated

      with massive sulfide formation in Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge; the importance of seawater

      mixing and magnesium metasomatism, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss,

      Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough,

      Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022,

      p. 257-277.


      


      Kvenvolden, Keith A., Rapp, John B., and Hostettler, Frances D., 1994, Hydrocarbons in

      sediment from Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss,

      Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough,

      Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022,

      p. 279-292.


      


      Koski, Randolph A., Benninger, Laura M., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Jonasson, Ian R.,

      1994, Composition and growth history of hydrothermal deposits in Escanaba Trough,

      southern Gorda Ridge, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A.,

      eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge,

      offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 293-324.


      


      Grassle, J. Frederick, and Petrecca, Rosemarie F., 1994, Soft-sediment hydrothermal

      vent communities of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A.,

      Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba

      Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin

      2022, p. 327-335.


      


      Quinterno, Paula J., 1994, Quaternary foraminifers from Escanaba Trough, Northeast

      Pacific Ocean, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds.,

      Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore

      Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 337-359.



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      Bank's digital data, analog data, and
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  Time_Period_of_Content:
    Time_Period_Information:
      Range_of_Dates/Times:
        Beginning_Date: 19860611
        Ending_Date: 19860701

    Currentness_Reference: ground condition

  Status:
    Progress: Complete
    Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

  Spatial_Domain:
    Bounding_Coordinates:
      West_Bounding_Coordinate: -129.75000
      East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.25000
      North_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.75000
      South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.75000

  Keywords:
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
      Theme_Keyword: geoscientificinformation
      Theme_Keyword: oceans
    Theme:
      Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS CMG InfoBank
      Theme_Keyword: Marine Geology

    Place:
      Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS CMG InfoBank
      Place_Keyword: CA
      Place_Keyword: North Pacific Ocean
      Place_Keyword: Northern California
      Place_Keyword: Northern Pacific Ocean
      Place_Keyword: Pacific Coast, US
      Place_Keyword: USA


  Access_Constraints:
    Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.

    If available, access to physical samples is described
    in the "WR CMG Sample Distribution Policy" at:
    http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/main/sample-dist-policy.html

  Use_Constraints:
    Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as
    the source of this information.

    Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.

    Some USGS information accessed through this means
    may be preliminary in nature and presented without
    the approval of the Director of the USGS.  This
    information is provided with the understanding
    that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete
    and conclusions drawn from such information are
    the responsibility of the user.

    This information is not intended for navigational
    purposes.

    Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
    descriptive purposes only and does not imply
    endorsement by the U.S. Government.

  Point_of_Contact:
    Contact_Information:
      Contact_Organization_Primary:
        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
        Contact_Person: Clint Steele

      Contact_Position: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader

      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
        City: Menlo Park
        State_or_Province: CA
        Postal_Code: 94025-3561
        Country: USA

      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190

      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csteele@usgs.gov


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  Data_Set_Credit: Mark Holmes (Chief Scientist)

  Native_Data_Set_Environment: Digital, ASCII
  Cross_Reference:
    Citation_Information:
      Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
      Publication_Date: Unknown
      Title: USGS/CMG Information Bank
      Publication_Information:
        Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
      Other_Citation_Details: Updated daily
      Online_Linkage: http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., eds., 1994, Geologic,
        hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern
        California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, 359 p.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., 1994, Geologic,
        hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough; an introduction, in Morton,
        Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal,
        and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California:
        U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 1-18.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Morton, Janet L., and Fox, Christopher G., 1994, Structural setting and interaction
        of volcanism and sedimentation at Escanaba Trough; geophysical results, in Morton, Janet
        L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic
        studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological
        Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 21-43.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Denlinger, Roger P., and Holmes, Mark L., 1994, A thermal and mechanical model for
        sediment hills and associated sulfide deposits along Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet
        L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic
        studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological
        Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 65-75.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Karlin, Robert E., and Morton, Janet L., 1994, Crustal magnetization and basement
        structure of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol
        A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge,
        offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 77-90.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Normark, William R., Gutmacher, Christina E., Zierenberg, Robert A., Wong, Florence L.,
        and Rosenbauer, Robert J., 1994, Sediment fill of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet
        L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic
        studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological
        Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 91-129.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Karlin, Robert E., and Zierenberg, Robert A., 1994, Sedimentation and neotectonism
        in the SESCA area, Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge, in Morton, Janet
        L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic
        studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological
        Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 131-141.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Ross, Stephanie L., and Zierenberg, Robert A., 1994, Volcanic geomorphology of the SESCA
        and NESCA sites, Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet
        L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic
        studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological
        Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 143-151.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Davis, Alice S., Clague, David A., and Friesen, Walter B., 1994, Petrology and mineral
        chemistry of basalt from Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet
        L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic
        studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological
        Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 153-170.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Zierenberg, Robert A., Morton, Janet L., Koski, Randolph A., and Ross, Stephanie L., 1994,
        Geologic setting of massive sulfide mineralization in Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet
        L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic
        studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological
        Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 171-197.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Campbell, Andrew C., German, Chris R., Palmer, Martin R., Gamo, Toshitaka, and Edmond,
        John M., 1994, Chemistry of hydrothermal fluids from Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, in
        Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal,
        and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California:
        U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 201-221.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Bohlke, J.K., and Shanks, W.C., III, 1994, Stable isotope study of hydrothermal vents
        at Escanaba Trough; observed and calculated effects of sediment-seawater interaction,
        in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal,
        and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California:
        U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 223-239.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Magenheim, Andrew J., and Gieskes, Joris M., 1994, Evidence for hydrothermal fluid flow
        through surficial sediments, Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A.,
        Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough,
        Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022,
        p. 241-255.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Zierenberg, Robert A., and Shanks, Wayne C., III, 1994, Sediment alteration associated
        with massive sulfide formation in Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge; the importance of seawater
        mixing and magnesium metasomatism, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss,
        Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough,
        Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022,
        p. 257-277.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Kvenvolden, Keith A., Rapp, John B., and Hostettler, Frances D., 1994, Hydrocarbons in
        sediment from Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss,
        Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough,
        Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022,
        p. 279-292.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Koski, Randolph A., Benninger, Laura M., Zierenberg, Robert A., and Jonasson, Ian R.,
        1994, Composition and growth history of hydrothermal deposits in Escanaba Trough,
        southern Gorda Ridge, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A.,
        eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge,
        offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 293-324.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Grassle, J. Frederick, and Petrecca, Rosemarie F., 1994, Soft-sediment hydrothermal
        vent communities of Escanaba Trough, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A.,
        Reiss, Carol A., eds., Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba
        Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
        2022, p. 327-335.
      Other_Citation_Details:
        Quinterno, Paula J., 1994, Quaternary foraminifers from Escanaba Trough, Northeast
        Pacific Ocean, in Morton, Janet L., Zierenberg, Robert A., Reiss, Carol A., eds.,
        Geologic, hydrothermal, and biologic studies at Escanaba Trough, Gorda Ridge, offshore
        Northern California: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2022, p. 337-359.



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            Postal_Code: 94025-3561
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          Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
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        Contact_Person: Clint Steele

      Contact_Position: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader

      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
        City: Menlo Park
        State_or_Province: CA
        Postal_Code: 94025-3561
        Country: USA

      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190

      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csteele@usgs.gov

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    the source of this information.

    Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.

    Some USGS information accessed through this means
    may be preliminary in nature and presented without
    the approval of the Director of the USGS.  This
    information is provided with the understanding
    that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete
    and conclusions drawn from such information are
    the responsibility of the user.

    This information is not intended for navigational
    purposes.

    Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
    descriptive purposes only and does not imply
    endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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        Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG)
        Contact_Person: Clint Steele

      Contact_Position: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Storage (DAPS) Group Leader

      Contact_Address:
        Address_Type: mailing and physical address
        Address: USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
        City: Menlo Park
        State_or_Province: CA
        Postal_Code: 94025-3561
        Country: USA

      Contact_Voice_Telephone: (650) 329-5055
      Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (650) 329-5190

      Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csteele@usgs.gov

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