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Field Activity Details for field activity 2010-602-FA

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AKA: none

Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan Childs

Affiliate Investigator(s): Dr. David Mosher, Geological Survey of Canada

Information Specialist(s): Jonathan Childs

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment thickness mapping using multichannel seismics and sonobuoys on the potential U.S. extended continental shelf north of Alaska.

Vehicle(s): None

Start Port/Location: Kugluktuk, NWT

End Port/Location: Kugluktuk, NWT

Start Date: 2010-09-15

End Date: 2010-10-27

Equipment Used: navigation, Soundvelocityprofiler, Other, Other, multichannel, Other, 3.5khz, Other, Sonobuoy, Other, Other, airgun, 3.5khz

Information to be Derived: seismic reflection profile, bathymetry, marine gravity, refraction velocity

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Jon Childs requested FAN 4/15/2016

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: best guess end date based on 42 days in field

Location:

Arctic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 80.14868414 South: 69.16314299 West: -150.9961 East: -128.76953125

Platform(s):

photo of Louis S St Laurent
Louis S St Laurent

Publications

Hutchinson, D.R., Houseknecht, D.W., and Mosher, D.C., 2023, Canada Basin tectono-sedimentary element, Arctic Ocean: Geological Society, London, Memoirs, 57, https://doi.org/10.1144/M57-2022-49.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
navigation --- Navigation
Soundvelocityprofiler --- Sound Velocity
Other --- --- ---
Other --- --- ---
multichannel --- Multichannel
Other --- --- ---
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Other --- --- ---
Sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy
Other --- --- ---
Other --- --- ---
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler

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