The Next 'SEEPS 11'

Ship

R/V Atlantis

Vehicles

AUV Sentry, ROV Jason

Cruise Party

David Valentine: Chief Scientist, Principal Investigator
University of California Santa Barbara 1006 Webb Hall, Department of Earth Science Santa Barbara, CA US 93117
+1 805 893 2973
valentine@geol.ucsb.edu

Departure: San Francisco on Sep 25, 2013

Arrival: San Diego on Oct 16, 2013

Mobilization Date: Sep 23, 2013

Demobilization Date: Oct 16, 2013

Supporting documentation:

Operations Area: Santa Barbara and Santa Monica Basins (Possibly off Big Sur and San Diego)

Lat/Lon: 34° 0.0′ N / 120° 0.0′ W

Depth Range: 40 / 1500

Will the vessel be operating within 200 NM of a foreign country? no

Science objectives

1. Conduct in-situ incubations with devices for microbial growth, deployed in 2011.
2.  Investigate the fate of dissolved hydrocarbons in the waters along the CA margin.
3. Investigate the variability in composition of seeping hydrocarbons at sites along the CA margin.
4. Investigate the distribution and nature of hydrocarbon seepage and biodegradation along the CA margin.
5. Identify and map hydrocarbon/tar sources and related features along the CA margin.
6. Identify, map and sample microbes and chemicals associated with historical waste disposal practices.
7. Conduct sampling for additional in-situ incubations.

Science Activities

1. Jason operations including coring, water sampling, hydrocarbon sampling, surveys, slurp sampling.
2. Sentry operations including multi-beeam mapping, photosurveys, mass specrometric surveys.
3. CTD casts  (24 place rosette) for water collection.
4. Rate measurements using identical protocols as for SEEPS 07, SEEPS 09, and SEEPS 11 (note the use of radioactive materials).
5. Coring activities using multi-corer and gravity corer. 
6.  Sampling for in-situ incubations using custom vacuum incubators.

Pre-cruise planning meeting: Teleconference

Stations:

Funding Agency: NSF #1046144, NSF #1155855

- added NSF #1046144 on May 30, 2013 8:28 PM by Dr David L Valentine
- added NSF #1155855 on May 30, 2013 8:28 PM by Dr David L Valentine

R/V Atlantis

Shipboard Equipment

Bathymetry System 12 kHz
Bathymetry System 3.5 kHz
Deionized Water System
Fume Hood
Multibeam
Navigation - Heading
Navigation - Position
Transponder Navigation - Sonardyne USBL
Science Underway Seawater System
ADCP 75 kHz

Shipboard Communication

Basic Internet access via HiSeasNet
Is there a need to receive data from shore on a regular basis?
Is there a need to transfer data to shore on a regular basis?
Is there an expectation to use Skype or any other real-time video conference program?

CTD/Water Sampling

911+ Rosette 24-position, 10-liter bottle Rosette with dual T/C sensors
SBE43 oxygen sensor
Seapoint STM turbidity sensor
Wet Labs C*Star transmissometer (660nm wavelength)
Wet Labs ECO-AFL fluorometer
Wet Labs FLNTURTD Combination Flourometer and Turbidity Sensor

Critical CTD Sensors: 

CTD-Related Equipment

Lowered Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (LADCP)

MET Sensors

Air temperature
Barometric Pressure
Relative Humidity
Short Wave Solar Radiation
Wind speed and direction

Sediment Sampling

Gravity corers
Multi-core

Sample Storage

Climate Controlled Walk-in
Freezer -70°C 3.2 cu. ft. ea.
Freezer -70°C 25 cu. ft.
Refrigerator 8.6 cu. ft.
Scientific Walk-in Freezer


Storage Notes:

Navigation

Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? no

Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation for other than Alvin operations? no

Navigation

GPS
USBL

Navigation Notes:

Winches

CTD Winch with .322" Electro-mechanical wire
Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire
Other Portable Winch

Winch Notes:

We plan to conduct CTD operations, small boat operations, coring operations, Sentry operations and Jason operations.

Wire use and application

Hydro Winch with .25" hydro wire


Wire Notes: We may bring Maclane In-Situ pumps (WHISPS).  I am checking one of the participating scientists, to see if they plan to bring the WHISPS.

Slip ring required? no	Number of conductors:
Non-standard wire required? no	Type:
Traction winch required? no	Describe:

Portable Vans

Chemical Storage Van
Isotope Van

Other Science Vans:

Specialized Deck Equipment

Mooring Deployment/Recovery Equipment Required: no	Type:
Cruise Specific Science Winch Required: no	Type:
Nets Required: no	Type:

Over the Side Equipment

Will you be bringing any equipment (winches, blocks, etc.) that lowers instruments over the side? no

Special Requirements

Elecrical Power: no	Identify:
Equipment Handling: yes	Identify: We will have compressed gas cylinders and other materials requiring use of ships crane.
Inter/intraship Communications: no	Identify:
Science Stowage: no	Identify:
Water: no	Identify:

Additional Cruise Items/Activities

Explosive Devices: no Portable Air Compressors: no Flammable Gases: yes

Small Boat Operations: yes SCUBA Diving Operations: no

Hazardous Material

Will hazardous material be utilized? yes

Describe deployment method and quantity:
We do not have a comprehensivle list of materials as yet.

Radioactive Material

Radioiosotopes: yes

Additional Information

Is night time work anticipated on this cruise? yes

Specialized tech support (Seabeam, coring, other):  We will conduct a variety of different operations  and on an irregular schedule.  We will require techs that are familiar with the vessel's systems, and with the different modes of sampling.

Other required equipment and special needs: 

AUV Sentry

Site Survey

Will you provide detailed charts of the work area(s)?  no
Current Chart(s):


If no, will you need Sentry to generate maps of the work area(s)?  yes

Will you need post-dive maps of the work area generated?  yes

Navigation

Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? no

Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation? yes

Will you be using Doppler/GPS navigation? yes

Sensors & Samplers

Large capacity slurp samplers (Multi-chamber)
Magnetometer
What type of samples do you expect to collect?
IF Sentry is outfitted with slurp samplers, I would like to collect water samples. This is not a high priority that would replace other capabilities.

Science Supplied Equipment

Are you supplying equipment to be used with AUV Sentry?  no

Has this equipment been used on Sentry before?  no

Please give a brief description of the equipment, its intended purpose, the cruise # it was last used on if any and its deployment method.

Does this equipment use an external pressure housing?  no

Has the pressure case been tested to the anticipated depth of deployment?  no

Air weight(s) of this equipment?

Water weight(s) of this equipment?

Does the equipment require data or a power interface from the vehicle?
  no

Does the equipment meet the electrical requirements of the Sentry User Manual?  no

Additional Information

Brief operations description or comments: Typical Sentry operations will involve MBES survey, Mass spectrometry, photo-imaging (with the Pizarro camera system), and other available modes of accoustic and chemical sensing.

ROV Jason

Site Survey

Will you provide detailed charts of the work area(s)?  no
Current Chart(s):


If no, willl you need Jason to generate maps of the work area(s)?  yes

Will you need post-dive maps of the work area generated?  yes

Navigation

Will you be using Long Base Line (LBL) navigation? no

Will you be using Ultra-short baseline (USBL) navigation? yes

Will you be using Doppler/GPS navigation? yes

Sensors & Samplers

Large capacity slurp samplers (Multi-chamber)
Major water sampler(s)
Push corers
Scoop nets
Search Sonar
What type of samples do you expect to collect?
Sediment cores, oil samples, gas samples. Slurp samples and water samples are secondary in priority.

Elevators

Will you be using elevators to transport samples to the surface?  yes

If yes, how many would you anticipate?  6

Cameras & Video

Video & Photo data

Science Supplied Equipment

Are you supplying equipment to be used on HOV Jason?
yes

Has this equipment been used on Jason before?  no

Please give a brief description of the equipment, its intended purpose, the cruise # it was last used on if any and its deployment method.

1) Tethys, 2) flux measurement devices (non electrical) similar to those used previously, 3) gas collection tubes (used on Alvin), 4) incubation chambers, and 5) Pressure compliant sampling cyclinders.

1) Please contact Rich Camilli regarding TETHYS. 

2 and 3) The other items are being fabricated or modified.  None are electrical devices.  We anticipate some pressured samples from a new style of flux measurement system currently under development.

4) Incubation chambers were deployed by Jason on AT15-53, Jason lowerings J2-599 and J2-600. We are currently fabricating gas injector frames to be used in the continuing deployment of the incubation chambers, to introduce our tracers into the sealed incubators in situ.  We are working with the marine facilities ship at Scripps to fabricate these.

5) We may bring several (100 to 300 mL in volume) pressure compliant sampling tubes to retain in-situ pressure upon sample retreival.

Does this equipment use an external pressure housing?  no

If yes, what is the pressure rating? 
and test pressure? 

Or has the pressure case been tested per Alvin Pressure Test requirements?  no

Housing schematic with dimensions and include air and water weights.

Does the equipment have an associated computer or control panel for remote operation from the personnel sphere?  no

Air weight of this equipment? 

Water weight of this equipment? 

Does the equipment require data or a power interface from the vehicle?  no

Does this equipment require hydraulic inputs from the vehicle?  no
Hydraulic schematic of the equipment requirements.

Does this equipment require manipulation?  yes

If yes, please describe how the equipment is to be manipulated.

Except for tethys, the other items can be manipulated with the Jason manipulator, and stored in the basket, at the sea floor, or on an elavator.

Will this equipment be deployed off the vehicle?  yes

If yes, please describe how the equipment is intended for deployment.
The incubation devices are currenlty at the sediment surface.  These devices will be sealed, placed on a frame (that we are currently fabricating, and will bring with us), and valves manipulated to introduce substrate for the microbes.

If yes, will the equipment be disconnected from the vehicle and left in situ?  yes

How long will the deployment be?  15  Days

Will the equipment be recovered by the same vehicle?  yes

If recovering equipment deployed with another vehicle, provide pressure rating: 
and test pressure: 

Does this equipment use any glass spheres for either buoyancy or as pressure housings?  no

Hazardous Material

Will hazardous material be utilized? yes

Describe deployment method and quantity:
We will use a small amount of methane gas, ~100mL, for the incubations.  Methane is a flammable gas, but the small volume being used poses little concern, and is less quantity than we typically bring up in natural samples.

Additional Information

Brief operations description or comments:
We will be conducting several sorts of operations including sampling at known hydrocarbon seeps, explorations at various sites (details still being determined), deployment of incubation chambers, and potentially mapping and photoimaging.
Date Submitted: May 31, 2013 4:13 PM by Dr David L Valentine