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Field Activity Details for field activity D190PW

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AKA: none

Other ID: D-1-90-PW

Status: Completed

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Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Keith Kvenvolden

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Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Study of oil spill from Exon Valdez, distribution and effects

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Start Date: 1990-01-01

End Date: 1990-01-01

Equipment Used: navigation

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Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: John Rapp

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Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Keith Kvenvolden - Chief Scientist
John Rapp - Unspecified

Location:

Alaska

Boundaries
North: 61.5 South: 59.5 West: -149.5 East: -145

Platform(s):


Davidson

Publications

Carlson, P.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, F.D., Rosenbauer, R.J., and Warden, A., 1997, Fate of Spilled Oil in Prince William Sound: Diary of a Forensic Geology Study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-518, 88 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr97518.

Kvenvolden, K.A., J.B. Rapp, and F.D. Hostettler, 1991, Tracing hydrocarbons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in beach, shallow-water, and deep-water sediment of Prince William Sound, Alaska, In, P.R. Carlson, Ed., Sediment of Prince William Sound, beach to deep Fjord floor, a year after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-631, 6998 p.

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