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Field Activity Details for field activity A176EG

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-1-76-EG,ACO176EG

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Molnia

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1976-04-09

End Date: 1976-04-19

Equipment Used: DelNorte, VanVeengrab, gravity, underwatercamera, gravitycore, grab, Shipekgrab, minisparker

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Joe Amon, Bob Ashley, Paul Carlson, Darlene Condra, John Cudnohufsky, Mike Demchenko, Jack Hampson, Steve Kittleson, Frances Wahl

Affiliate Staff:
Jim Mcquay - Unspecified
Oscar Ottre - Unspecified
Ken Turner - Unspecified
Bill Ogden - Unspecified
George Werner - Unspecified

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Molnia (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Darlene Condra - Unspecified
John Cudnohufsky - Unspecified
Steve Kittleson - Unspecified
Frances Wahl - Unspecified
Jack Hampson - Unspecified
Jim Mcquay - Unspecified
Oscar Ottre - Unspecified
Ken Turner - Unspecified
Bob Ashley - Unspecified
Mike Demchenko - Unspecified
Bill Ogden - Unspecified
Joe Amon - Unspecified
George Werner - Unspecified

Location:

Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 61.085 South: 59.757 West: -147.772 East: -144.397

Platform(s):


Acona

Publications

Carlson P.R., and M., B.F., 1977, Faulting, instability, erosion, and deposition of shelf sediments, eastern Gulf of Alaska, in Environmental assessment of the Alaskan continental shelf; Hazards: Boulder, CO, U.S. Department of Commerce Environmental Resource Laboratories.

Carlson, P.R., and Molnia, B.F, 1977, Submarine faults and slides on the continental shelf, northern Gulf of Alaska, in Richards, A.F., ed., Marine slope stability: Marine Geotechnology, v. 2, pp. 275–290.

Carlson, P.R., and Molnia, B.F., 1978, Minisparker Profiles and SEdimentologic Data from R/V Acona Cruise (April 1976) in the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-381.

Carlson, P.R., Bruns, T.R., Molnia, B., and Hampson, J.C., Jr., 1977, Submarine valleys on the continental shelf, northeastern Gulf of Alaska: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 9 no. 7, pp. 921–921.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., and Quinterno, P., 1978, Transport of inner shelf sediment into glacially scoured troughs, northeastern Gulf of Alaska: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 59 no. 12, pp. 1109–1109.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., and Reimnitz, E., 1976, Dispersal, distribution and thickness of Holocene sediments on the continental shelf, northern Gulf of Alaska, in Fritsche, A.E., Ter Best, H., Jr, Wornardt, W.W., eds. The Neogene symposium; selected technical papers on paleontology, sedimentology, petrology, tectonics and geologic history of the Pacific Coast of North America: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., Kittelson, S.C., and Hampson, J.C., Jr., 1977, Map of distribution of bottom sediments on the continental shelf, northern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-0876.

Molnia, B., Carlson, P.R., and Bruns, T.R., 1977, Large submarine slide in Kayak Trough, Gulf of Alaska: Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. 3, pp. 137–148.

Molnia, B.F., 1978, Environmental geologic studies, northeastern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1100, pp. 153–155.

Molnia, B.F., and Carlson, P.R, 1978, Surface sedimentary units of northern Gulf of Alaska continental shelf: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 62 no. 4, pp. 633–643.

Molnia, B.F., Carlson, P.R., and Levy, W.P., 1979, Holocene sediment volume on the northeast Gulf of Alaska Continental Shelf and the sediment contribution of present-day river: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1150, pp. 151–152.

Molnia, B.F., Levy, W.P., and Carlson, P.R., 1980, Map showing Holocene sedimentation rates in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1170, 1 p.

Molnia, B.F., and Carlson, P.R., 1980, Quaternary sedimentary facies of the northeast Gulf of Alaska Continental Shelf: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, pp. 158–159.

Molnia, B.F., and Carlson, P.R., 1980, Quaternary sedimentary facies on continental shelf, Northeast Gulf of Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 64 no. 3, pp. 446–447.

Plafker, G., Bruns, T.R., Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., Scott, E.W., Kahler, R., and Wilson, C., 1978, Petroleum potential, geologic hazards, and technology for exploration in the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary province: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-490, 50 p.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
DelNorte --- Navigation
a-1-76-eg.onoff.cores.gravitycore
a-1-76-eg.onoff.grab
a-1-76-eg.onoff.grabs.shipekgrab
a-1-76-eg.onoff.grabs.vanveengrab
VanVeengrab --- Geology
gravity --- Gravity
underwatercamera --- Photo
gravitycore --- Geology
grab --- Geology
a-1-76-eg.onoff.grab
Shipekgrab --- Geology
minisparker --- Sparker

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