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Field Activity Details for field activity B186SP

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AKA: none

Other ID: B-1-86-SP

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Cook Islands Drilling Program (MU068)

Principal Investigator(s): James Hein

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Pilot project for mineral resources, especially lagoonal phosphorite, by a comprehensive program of drilling, geophysical surveys, and sampling of islands, atolls, and lagoon bottom sediments.

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Start Date: 1986-05-01

End Date: 1986-07-01

Equipment Used: samples, integratednavigation, drillcore

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Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Lisa Morgenson

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Notes:
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Jim Hein (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Lisa Morgenson - USGS Western Region

Location:

South Pacific

Boundaries
North: -18.47133 South: -19.47133 West: -160.263 East: -159.26317

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photo of Barge
Barge

Publications

Hein, J.R., Richmond, B.M., Gray, S.C., Hausmann, R., Colgan, M.W., El Sabbagh, D., and Gein, L.M., 1988, Description; mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic compositions; petrography; diagenesis; and uranium-series ages of drill cores from the Lagoon of Aitutaki, Cook Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-419, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr88419.

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