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contents On Vermilion Sea Expedition two research vessels among which the R/V Spencer F. Baird conducted a geological and geophysical exploration of the Gulf of California from February to May, 1959. Support was obtained from the Office of Naval Research and the Bureau of Ships of the U. S. Navy and from a grant of the American Petroleum Institute. Study of the canyons was one feature of the first part of the expedition. Submarine canyon studies were directed by Francis P. Shepard, Professor of Submarine Geology, aboard the research vessel Spencer F. Baird. The expedition found that the narrow channel between Angel de la Guarda Island, toward the head of the Gulf, and the peninsula is scoured almost free of sediments by strong currents. On the other side of Angel de la Guarda Island, between it and the mainland, one of the dredge hauls brought up a manganese nodule. It came from a depth of approximately 1500 feet. This is the shallowest water in which the nodules have been found. Studies have been under way some time on the feasibility of mining such nodules from the sea floor. They contain cobalt, nickel, copper and other valuable metals. (also in, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Vermilion Sea Expedition to the Gulf of California, http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb34484017)
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spellingShingle Annotated record of the detailed examination of Mn deposits from the VERMILION SEA Expedition stations
Shipboard Scientific Party
B1 VS-78; Comment; Deposit type; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Description; Dredge; DRG; Event label; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Photo/Video; Position; PV; Quantity of deposit; Sample ID; Sediment type; Size; Spencer F. Baird; Station 17-L2502; Station 17-L2503; Station 17-L2504; Station 17-L2505; Station 17-L2506; Station 19-L2507; Station 19-L2508; Substrate type; TRAWL; Trawl net; Uniform resource locator/link to image; VERMILION_SEA; Vermilion Sea, Pacific Ocean; VS BII-35; VSS17PH-L2502; VSS17PH-L2503; VSS17PH-L2504; VSS17PH-L2505; VSS17PH-L2506; VSS19PH-L2507; VSS19PH-L2508; VSS35D; VSS78D
On Vermilion Sea Expedition two research vessels among which the R/V Spencer F. Baird conducted a geological and geophysical exploration of the Gulf of California from February to May, 1959. Support was obtained from the Office of Naval Research and the Bureau of Ships of the U. S. Navy and from a grant of the American Petroleum Institute. Study of the canyons was one feature of the first part of the expedition. Submarine canyon studies were directed by Francis P. Shepard, Professor of Submarine Geology, aboard the research vessel Spencer F. Baird. The expedition found that the narrow channel between Angel de la Guarda Island, toward the head of the Gulf, and the peninsula is scoured almost free of sediments by strong currents. On the other side of Angel de la Guarda Island, between it and the mainland, one of the dredge hauls brought up a manganese nodule. It came from a depth of approximately 1500 feet. This is the shallowest water in which the nodules have been found. Studies have been under way some time on the feasibility of mining such nodules from the sea floor. They contain cobalt, nickel, copper and other valuable metals. (also in, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Vermilion Sea Expedition to the Gulf of California, http://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb34484017)
title Annotated record of the detailed examination of Mn deposits from the VERMILION SEA Expedition stations
topic B1 VS-78; Comment; Deposit type; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Description; Dredge; DRG; Event label; NOAA and MMS Marine Minerals Geochemical Database; NOAA-MMS; Photo/Video; Position; PV; Quantity of deposit; Sample ID; Sediment type; Size; Spencer F. Baird; Station 17-L2502; Station 17-L2503; Station 17-L2504; Station 17-L2505; Station 17-L2506; Station 19-L2507; Station 19-L2508; Substrate type; TRAWL; Trawl net; Uniform resource locator/link to image; VERMILION_SEA; Vermilion Sea, Pacific Ocean; VS BII-35; VSS17PH-L2502; VSS17PH-L2503; VSS17PH-L2504; VSS17PH-L2505; VSS17PH-L2506; VSS19PH-L2507; VSS19PH-L2508; VSS35D; VSS78D
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.857506