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Field Activity Details for field activity 1984-033-FA

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Other ID: 84-2

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David W. Folger

Affiliate Investigator(s): Eugene A. Shinn - USGS-St. Petersburg; R.A. Slater - GEOCUBIC, Inc.

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Chemistry, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geologic investigations of two nuclear craters.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1984-07-14

End Date: 1984-08-12

Equipment Used: VHS Video camera, Grab sampler, SCUBA, Hydraulic drill, Nikonos camera, Honeywell Hydrostar, Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger

Information to be Derived: Samples and chemical analysis; Photos and Observations;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Samples: 246; Cores; Photos; Video and audio recordings of observations; 16 mm films.

Staff: Gregory Miller, James M. Robb, Kenneth F. Parolski, David Nichols, Dann Blackwood, Thomas O'Brien

Affiliate Staff:
USGS-St. Pete: E.A. Shinn - Ch. Sci.
R.B. Halley
J.H. Hudson
J.L. Kindinger; Geocubic Inc.: R.A. Slater - co-Ch. Sci. and submersible operator; MARFAB: D.N. Privitt - submersible operator; Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA): B.L. Ristvet - observer; Meridian Ocean Systems
Inc. (MOS): R.C. Hollar - navigator
R.F. Johnson - navigator
S.L. Thoresen - navigator; Wilson; James; Meyers; Nunes; Trumbore; Sevin; Jones; Dai; Kreyenhagen; Schenker; Brown; Matthewman; Bramlette

Notes: No pre- or post-cruise report found; information derived from USGS Bulletin 1678. Submitted 04/28/2009 by A. Orton for Dave Folger and E. Shinn. Original Center People field contained: M.W. Hempenius, D.W. Folger, D.J. Roddy. Original Submitted By field contained: A. Orton for Dave Folger.
Project = Pacific Enewetak Atoll Crater Exploration (PEACE), Pacific Enewetak Atoll Crater Exploration (PEACE)

Location:

Enewetak Atoll, Enewetok, Marshall Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI), North Pacific;

Boundaries
North: 11.8 South: 11.2 West: 161.9 East: 162.5

Platform(s):

photo of Egabrag II
Egabrag II
photo of Halimeda
Halimeda

Delta

Publications

Reich, C., Streubert, M., Dwyer, B., Godbout, M., Muslic, A., Umberger, D., 2012, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center's core archive portal: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 626, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds626.

Folger, D.W., 1986, Introduction, in Folger, D.W., ed., Sea-floor observations and subbottom seismic characteristics of OAK and KOA craters, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1678, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/b1678.

Folger, D.W., Hampson, J.C., Robb, J.M., Woellner, R.A., Foster, D.S., and Tavares, L.A., 1986, Bathymetry of OAK and KOA craters, Chapter A in Folger, D.W., ed., Sea-floor observations and subbottom seismic characteristics of OAK and KOA craters, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1678, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/b1678.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
VHS Video camera --- Video
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
SCUBA --- Biology
Chemistry
Geology
Hydraulic drill --- Geology
Nikonos camera --- Photo
Honeywell Hydrostar --- Navigation
Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger --- Navigation

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