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Field Activity Details for field activity D181WG

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AKA: none

Other ID: D-1-81-WG

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Monty Hampton, Homa Lee

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

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Start Date: 1981-04-24

End Date: 1981-05-06

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, VanVeengrab, gravitycore, minisparker, Kielcore, navigation, chaindredge, sidescansonar

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Homa Lee (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Western Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 59 South: 55 West: -156 East: -143.25

Platform(s):

photo of Discoverer
Discoverer

Publications

Hampton, M.A., 1983, Geotechnical Framework Study of Shelikof Strait, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-200, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/0699/06995004/usgs_ofr83-200_06995004.pdf.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
3dot5 paper roll start and end
12khz --- Single Beam
12khz start and end of paper rolls
VanVeengrab --- Geology
sample locations
gravitycore --- Geology
core locations
minisparker --- Sparker
start and end of paper rolls
Kielcore --- Geology
sample locations
navigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data d-1-81-wg.052 (Provisional best file)
chaindredge --- Geology
sample locations
sidescansonar --- Sidescan

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