AKA: none
Other ID: C-1-75-EG,EGAL-75-KC
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Bruce Molnia
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Paul Fuller
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Seward, AK
End Port/Location: Yakatat, AK
Start Date: 1975-05-27
End Date: 1975-06-07
Equipment Used: airgun, minisparker, boxcore, VanVeengrab, gravitycore, dartcore, Shipekgrab, Secchidisc, chaindredge, RayDist, navigation, 3.5khz
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Samples collected for microfossils and grain-size analysis.
Staff: John Curtis, Gretchen Luepke, Andy Stevenson, Gordon Tanner, Steve Wallace, Gary Winkler
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: See Paul Carlson. This cruise added based on NGDC database 3/31/99
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Bruce Molnia (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Andy Stevenson (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Steve Wallace (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Gordon Tanner (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Nancy Hardin (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Gretchen Luepke (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
John Curtis (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Gary Winkler (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Location:
Eastern Gulf of Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 61.75 | South: 57.25 | West: -144 | East: -132 |
Platform(s):
 Cromwell |
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., 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., 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., 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.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., 1978, Holocene sediment volume and modern sediment yield, Northeast Gulf of Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 62 no. 3, pp. 545–545.
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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| airgun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| minisparker | --- | Sparker | |
| boxcore | --- | Biology Geology | sample locations (map only) |
| VanVeengrab | --- | Geology | |
| gravitycore | --- | Geology | |
| dartcore | --- | Geology | |
| Shipekgrab | --- | Geology | |
| Secchidisc | --- | Turbidity | |
| chaindredge | --- | Geology | |
| RayDist | --- | Navigation | |
| navigation | --- | Navigation | trackline map (data on FAD) |
| 3.5khz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler |
