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Field Activity Details for field activity D281BS

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AKA: none

Other ID: D-2-81-BS

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kodiak, AK

End Port/Location: Adak, AK

Start Date: 1981-06-09

End Date: 1981-07-02

Equipment Used: expendablebatthermograph, airgunmonitor, airgun, 3.5khz, magnetics, boxcore, dartcore, gravitycore, VanVeengrab, Niskenbottle, waterbucket, sidescansonar, underwatertelevision, CTD, heatflow, navigation, minisparker

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Alaska

Boundaries
North: 61.9285 South: 54.16533 West: -178.7777 East: -153.69667

Platform(s):

photo of Discoverer
Discoverer

Publications

Baldauf, J.G., 1984, Chapter 10: Diatom analysis of surface samples recovered from Pervenets Canyon, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-89, pp. 100–112, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr8489.

Blunt, D.J., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1984, Aspartic acid geochronology of molluscs, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-89, pp. 113–118, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr8489.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., 1982, High-resolution seismic reflection profiles; Navarin Basin Province, northern Bering Sea, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0786, 6 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr82786.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., 1984, Rates of sediment accumulation, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-008, pp. 21–27.

Carlson, P.R., Fischer, J.M., and Karl, H.A.,, 1983, Two newly discovered submarine canyons on the Alaskan continental margin of Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0024, 38 p.

Carlson, P.R., Fischer, J.M., Karl, H.A., and Larkin, Christopher, 1984, Isopach map of seismic unit A, youngest sedimentary sequence in Navarin Basin, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, pp. 33–38.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, H.A., Edwards, B.D., Gardner, J.V., and Hall, R., 1993, Mass movement related to large submarine canyons along the Beringian margin, Alaska, in Schwab, W.C., Lee, H.J., Twichell, D.C., eds., Submarine landslides; selected studies in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2002, pp. 104–116.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, H.A., Kvenvolden, K.A., Vogel, T.M., and Fischer, J.A., 1983, Sea-floor hazards of the Navarin Basin, northern Bering Sea: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1375, pp. 118–119.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., Post, Austin, Wheeler, M.C., and Powell, R.D., 1983, Maps showing post-neoglacial sediment thickness and bathymetry in Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1456, 1 p.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, Herman A., 1988, Development of large submarine canyons in the Bering Sea, indicated by morphologic, seismic, and sedimentologic characteristics: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 100 no. 10, pp. 1594–1615.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, Herman A., 1984, Discovery of two new large submarine canyons in the Bering Sea: Marine Geology, v. 56 no. 1-4, pp. 159–179.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, Herman A., 1985, Mass movement of fine-grained sediment to the basin floor, Bering Sea, Alaska, in Origins, transport, and deposition of fine-grained sediments, 1984 Society For Sedimentary Geology research conference, Part 1: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 4 no. 3-4, pp. 221–225.

Carlson, P.R., Golan-Bac, Margaret., Karl, Herman A., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1985, Seismic and geochemical evidence for shallow gas in sediment on Navarin continental margin, Bering Sea: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 69 no. 3, pp. 422–436.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, Herman A., and Edwards, Brian D., 1991, Mass sediment failure and transport features revealed by acoustic techniques, Beringian margin, Bering Sea, Alaska: Marine Geotechnology, v. 10 no. 1-2, pp. 33–51.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, Herman A., and Edwards, Brian D., 1982, Puzzling mass movement features in the Navarinsky Canyon head, Bering Sea, in Seafloor stability of continental margins research conference: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 2 no. 3-4, pp. 123–127.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, Herman A., and Johnson, Kenneth A., 1981, Morphology, sedimentology, and genesis of three large submarine canyons adjacent to Navarin Basin, Bering Sea, in Association round table; 1981 American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention with divisions: Society For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA; technical program summaries and abstracts: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 65(5), pp. 909–909.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, Herman A., and Quinterno, Paula J., 1982, Sedimentologic processes in world's largest submarine canyons, Bering Sea, Alaska, in Braunstein, Jules, and Thomson, A.F., chairperson, 95th annual meeting: The Geological Society of America: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 14(7), pp. 459–460.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, Herman A., Fischer, Jeffrey M., and Edwards, Brian D, 1982, Geologic hazards in Navarin Basin Province, northern Bering Sea: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings 14(1), pp. 73–87.

Edwards, B.D., and Lee, H.J, 1984, Summary of Navarin Basin geotechnical characteristics, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, pp. 39–54.

Field, M.E., Carlson, P.R., and Hall, R.K., 1983, Seismic facies of shelfedge deposits, U.S. Pacific continental margin: In: Stanley, D.J., and Moore, G.T. (Eds.), Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication. The Shelfbreak--critical interface on continental margins, , pp. 299–313, doi: 10.2110/pec.83.06.0299.

Fischer, J.M., Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., 1982, Bathymetric map of Navarin Basin Province, northern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1038, 11 p.

Golan-Bac, M., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1984, Hydrocarbon gases in sediments; results from 1981 field season, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, pp. 55–75.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1984, Geologic hazards, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, pp. 11–14.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1982, Location and description of sediment samples; Navarin Basin Province, Bering Sea, 1980-81: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0958, 6 p.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1984, Textural variations of surficial bottom sediment, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, pp. 15–20.

Karl, H.A., Cacchione, D.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1986, Internal-wave currents as a mechanism to account for large sand waves in Navarinsky Canyon head, Bering Sea: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 56 no. 5, pp. 706–714.

Karl, H.A., Carlson, P.R., and Cacchione, D.A., 1981, Factors influencing sediment transport at shelf break, in 1981 American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention with divisions: Society For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 65(5), pp. 943–943.

Karl, H.A., Carlson, P.R., and Johnson, K.H., 1984, Sediment distribution on the outer continental margin of an epicontinental sea; Bering Sea, Alaska, in Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists first annual midyear meeting: Society For Sedimentary Geology Midyear Meeting Abstracts 1, pp. 41–41.

Karl, H.A., Carlson, P.R., Johnson, K.H., and Rearic, D.M., 1987, Grain-size parameters and constituent grain composition of surface sediment in Navarin Basin Province, Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-0064, 26 p.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, Paul R., 1982, Large sand waves in Navarinsky Canyon head, Bering Sea, in Seafloor stability of continental margins research conference: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 2 no. 3-4, pp. 157–162.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, Paul R., 1987, Surface current patterns suggested by suspended sediment distribution over the outer continental margin, Bering Sea: Marine Geology, v. 74 no. 3-4, pp. 301–308.

Karl, H.A., Carlson, Paul R., and Cacchione, David A., 1983, Factors that influence sediment transport at the shelfbreak, in Stanley, Daniel Jean and Moore, George T., eds., The shelfbreak; critical interface on continental margins: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Special Publication, v. 33, pp. 219–231.

Quinterno, P., 1984, Benthic foraminifers, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, pp. 76–99.

Steele, W.C., Degnan, C.H., Deeter, G.B., and Riordan, J.A., 1989, Description of marine geophysical data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey and how to obtain it: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-167, 26 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr89167.

Vogel, T.M., Kvenvolden, Keith A., and Carlson, Paul R., 1981, Geochemical prospecting for hydrocarbons in Navarin Basin province, in 1981 American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention with divisions,Society For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65 no. 5, pp. 1004–1004.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
airgunmonitor --- Air Gun / Water Gun
SCAG (data on FAD)
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
156686 169 08 43 LINE 029 - 173 06 19 LINE 050 (microfilm scan of SCAG paper record)
airgunonoff (single channel)
156686 161 11 44 LINE T001 - 169 06 20 LINE 028 (microfilm scan of SCAG paper record)
156686 173 06 34 LINE 051 - 174 01 05 LINE 062 (microfilm scan of SCAG paper record)
156686 175 08 37 LINE 064 - 182 12 MIN LINE 092 (microfilm scan of SCAG paper record)
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
156683 164 14 57 LINE STAX6 - 164 18 46 LINE IN TRANSIT TO 008 (microfilm scan of paper record)
Edited bathymetry data d-2-81-bs.335_052 (Provisional best file)
156683 182 02 34 LINE 091 - 183 03 21 LINE 094 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156683 171 23 42 LINE 043 - 173 19 14 LINE 058 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156683 177 05 03 LINE 071 - 179 HR 16 LINE 080 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156683 179 HR 32 LINE 080 - 182 02 13 LINE 091 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156683 162 08 25 LINE T004 - 164 13 57 LINE 007 (microfilm scan of paper records)
3dot5 on off (start and end paper rolls)
156683 160 09 MIN LINE T001 - 162 07 48 LINE T004 (microfilm scan of paper records)
156683 164 19 MIN LINE IN TRANSIT TO 008 - 166 19 28 LINE 015 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156683 170 03 50 LINE 032 - 171 23 22 LINE 042 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156683 173 19 30 LINE 058 - 176 11 33 LINE 070 (microfilm scan of paper record)
bathy (data on FAD)
NGDC MGD77 data
magnetics --- Magnetics
Edited magnetics data d-2-81-bs.221_052 (Provisional best file)
magnetics on off (start and end of paper rolls)
NGDC MGD77 data
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
boxcore information
dartcore --- Geology
dartcore information
gravitycore --- Geology
foram slides (data in holdings)
050 core description
gravity core locations
048 core description
049 core description
051 corre description
VanVeengrab --- Geology
vanveengrab locations
Niskenbottle --- Chemistry
niskenbottle locations
waterbucket --- Chemistry
waterbucket locations
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
start and end of paper rolls
underwatertelevision --- Video
start and end of underwaterTV
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
ctdmeter
heatflow --- Geology
heatflow information
navigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data d-2-81-bs.052 (Provisional best file)
start and end of lines
minisparker --- Sparker
156685 168 19 58 LINE 024 - 172 08 35 LINE EOL 044 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156685 172 07 MIN LINE 045 - 174 01 05 LINE 062 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156685 175 08 37 LINE 064 - 179 09 44 LINE 082 (microfilm scan of paper record)
minisparker (data on FAD)
minisparker information
156685 165 22 08 LINE 011 - 167 15 53 LINE 019 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156685 161 11 44 LINE T001 - 165 21 56 LINE 010 (microfilm scan of paper record)

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