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Field Activity Details for field activity A194GB

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AKA: none

Other ID: A-1-94-GB,HX_180

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Glacial Marine Sedimentary History (MU121)

Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Robert Kayen

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ellen Cowan (Appalachian State University),Ross Powell (Northern Illinois University)

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Study Hi-Res seismic facies to interpret glacial fluctuations in Gulf of Alaska region.

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Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1994-08-08

End Date: 1994-08-17

Equipment Used: 12khz, gravitycore, boxcore, Shipekgrab, GPS, CTD, vanveengrab, Huntec

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: HHHuntec profiles, bathy profiles, cores

Staff: Ransom Rideout

Affiliate Staff:
Jinkui Cai (Northern Illinois University) - Postdoctoral Fellow
Stephanie Cartee (Appalachian State University) - Student
James Cooper (Appalachian State University) - Student
Jeff Pitcher (Northern Illinois University) - Student
Keith Seramur (Appalachian State University) - Adjunct Research Assoicate
Leanne Spurgeon (Appalachian State University) - Student
Graham Standen (Geoforce Consultants
Nova Scotia) - Operator Of Huntec
Jay Stravers (Northern Illinois University) - Unspecified Investigator
Kirsten Englund (Glacier Bay National Park) - Marine Mammal Observer

Notes: Related field activities: A194BG, A194YB, A194PW

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Ellen Cowan (Appalachian State University) - Chief Scientist
Ross Powell (Northern Illinois University) - Chief Scientist
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Rob Kayen (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Jinkui Cai (Northern Illinois University) - Postdoctoral Fellow
Stephanie Cartee (Appalachian State University) - Student
James Cooper (Appalachian State University) - Student
Jeff Pitcher (Northern Illinois University) - Student
Ransom Rideout (USGS Western Region) - Technician
Keith Seramur (Appalachian State University) - Adjunct Research Assoicate
Leanne Spurgeon (Appalachian State University) - Student
Graham Standen (Geoforce Consultants, Nova Scotia) - Operator Of Huntec
Jay Stravers (Northern Illinois University) - Unspecified Investigator
Kirsten Englund (Glacier Bay National Park) - Marine Mammal Observer

Location:

Alaska

Boundaries
North: 59.0855 South: 58.10867 West: -138.999 East: -135.46049

Platform(s):

photo of Alpha Helix
Alpha Helix

Publications

Schreppel, H.A., Degnan, C.H, Dadisman, S.V., and Metzger, D.R., 2013, Archive of U.S. Geological Survey Selected Single-Beam Bathymetry Datasets, 1969â2000: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 757, http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/757/.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data a-1-94-gb.300_065 (Provisional best file)
Raw depth (bathymetry) data a-1-94-gb.300
NGDC MGD77 data
gravitycore --- Geology
gravitycore locations
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
Boxcore_locations
Shipekgrab --- Geology
GPS --- Navigation
Global positioning system (GPS) data a-1-94-gb.061-_chanpix
Global positioning system (GPS) data a-1-94-gb.065 (Provisional best file)
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
vanveengrab --- Geology
vanveen grab locations
Huntec --- Boomer

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