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Field Activity Details for field activity D179EG

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AKA: none

Other ID: D-1-79-EG,DC179EG

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Molnia, Mark Wheeler

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sediment samples and cores for microfossil study

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1979-05-24

End Date: 1979-06-01

Equipment Used: Shipekgrab, navigation, 3.5khz, gravitycore

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, samples, microfossils.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Mark Wheeler - Chief Scientist
Bruce Molnia (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 60 South: 57.25 West: -142 East: -135

Platform(s):

photo of Discoverer
Discoverer

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/.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Shipekgrab --- Geology
sample locations
navigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data d-1-79-eg.051 (Provisional best file)
start end of lines
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
NGDC MGD77 data
Raw depth (bathymetry) data d-1-79-eg.305_051 (Provisional best file)
gravitycore --- Geology

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