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Field Activity Details for field activity D480BS

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AKA: none

Other ID: D-4-80-BS,DC4-80-BS

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Herman Karl

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, 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 and Medi-Vac St. Paul Island and Medi-Vac St. Paul Island and Adak, AK and Medi-Vac St. Paul Island

End Port/Location: Medi-Vac St. Paul Island and Adak, AK and Medi-Vac St. Paul Island and Kodiak, AK

Start Date: 1980-07-02

End Date: 1980-07-24

Equipment Used: airgun, minisparker, 3.5khz, magnetics, LoranC, transitsatellite, gravitycore, VanVeengrab, airgunmonitor, sidescansonar

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

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

Location:

Alaska

Boundaries
North: 61.94057 South: 51.87167 West: 178.8853 East: -152.07668

Platform(s):

photo of Discoverer
Discoverer

Publications

Baldauf, J.G., 1981, Chapter 10: Diatoms from late Quaternary sediments from the Navarin Basin province, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, pp. 100–113, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr811217.

Blueford, J.R., 1981, Radiolaria from the Navarin Basin province, Bering Sea, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, pp. 130–137, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr811217.

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., and Karl, H.A., 1981, Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, 151 p.

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.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, Herman A., Johnson, Kenneth A., and Fischer, Jeffrey M., 1982, Submarine canyons flanking Navarin Basin, Bering Sea, in Coonrad, Warren L., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; accomplishments during 1980: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0844, pp. 139–141.

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.

Edwards, B.D., 1981, Geotechnical properties of Navarin Basin sediment, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, pp. 74–79.

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., Fischer, J.M., Johnson, K.A., and Lamb, B., 1981, Textural variations and composition of bottom sediment, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, pp. 28–32.

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.

Karl, H.A., Carlson, Paul R., and Lamb, Beth, 1982, Sediment waves in the head of Navarinsky, Pervenets, and Zhemchug canyons, northwestern Bering Sea, in Coonrad, Warren L., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; accomplishments during 1980: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0844, pp. 141–143.

Karl, H.A., Lamb, B., and Carlson, Paul R., 1981, Suspended particulate matter in Navarin Basin province, summer 1980, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, pp. 15–27.

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.

Quinterno, P.J., 1981, Preliminary report on benthic foraminifers from Navarin Basin province, Bering Sea, Alaska, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, pp. 114–129.

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., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1981, Hydrocarbon gases in Navarin Basin province sediments, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., eds., Seafloor geologic hazards, sedimentology, and bathymetry; Navarin Basin province, Northwest Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1217, pp. 80–99.

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
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
156694 188 10 45 LINE 001 - 190 13 05 LINE 001 (SCAG master microfilm scan)
scag master (microfilm scans)
single channel
156694 190 15 55 LINE 002 - 192 14 37 LINE 004
156694 194 11 52 LINE 018 - 196 23 50 LINE 021 (SCAG scanned microfilm)
156694 197 03 00 LINE 022 - 197 23 23 LINE 022 (SCAG microfilm scan)
156694 198 00 20 LINE 023 - 199 05 02 LINE 025 (SCAG microfilm scanned records)
156694 200 05 35 LINE 028 - 200 15 30 LINE 029 (SCAG microfilm scanned record)
156694 200 16 28 LINE 029 - 201 10 15 LINE 029 (SCAG microfilm scanned record)
156694 201 13 10 LINE 030 - 202 05 30 LINE 031 (SCAG scanned microfilm record)
156694 203 05 25 LINE 034 - 204 01 26 LINE 034 (SCAG microfilm scan of records)
156694 203 11 45 LINE 034 - 203 22 28 LINE 034 (SCAG microfilm scanned record)
156694 204 02 11 LINE 035 - 204 17 32 LINE 036 (SCAG scanned microfilm record)
156694 204 18 10 LINE 037 - 205 01 12 LINE 037 (SCAG microfilm scanned record)
156694 192 15 42 LINE 005 - 197 06 51 LINE 014 (SCAG microfilm scan of paper records)
minisparker --- Sparker
156694 194 17 10 LINE 018 - 197 04 15 LINE 022 (SCAG secondary scanned microfilm record)
survey information (hi res)
156694 194 11 52 LINE 018 - 194 16 30 LINE 018 (scanned microfilm)
156694 191 10 10 LINE 003 - 192 00 23 LINE 004 (Airgun secondary microfilm scan)
156694 200 05 35 LINE 028 - 200 23 22 LINE 029 (scanned microfilm record)
156694 202 01 16 LINE 031 - 203 11 30 LINE 034 (scanned microfilm record)
156694 203 22 30 LINE 034 - 205 01 12 LINE 037 (scanned microfilm record)
156694 193 20 44 LINE 012 - 194 06 51 LINE 014 (microfilm scan of paper record)
156697 189 19 02 LINE 001 - 191 05 15 LINE 002 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 192 00 30 LINE 004 - 192 11 53 LINE 004 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 188 10 45 LINE T 2 - 189 19 02 LINE 001 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 191 07 20 LINE T 2 - 195 01 56 LINE T 6 (scanned microfilm record)
156694 200 23 30 LINE 029 - 202 01 15 LINE 031 (SCAG secondary microfilm scanned record)
156694 192 12 00 LINE 004 - 192 20 44 LINE 012 (scanned microfilm)
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
bathy (data on FAD)
Edited bathymetry data d-4-80-bs.335_052 (Provisional best file)
156697 197 08 52 LINE 022 - 198 17 45 LINE 024 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 188 10 49 LINE T 2 - 191 07 10 LINE T 2 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 186 05 25 LINE T 1 - 188 10 37 LINE T 2 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 199 22 21 LINE XXX- 201 06 13 LINE 029 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 202 12 02 LINE 032 - 202 16 56 LINE 032 (scanned microfilm)
156697 201 06 46 LINE 029 - 202 11 45 LINE 032 (scanned microfilm)
156697 198 18 16 LINE 024 - 198 22 00 LINE 024 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 198 23 28 LINE 025 - 199 06 24 LINE T 9 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 199 06 40 LINE T 9 - 199 18 12 LINE 026 (scanned microfilm record)
156697 202 19 12 LINE TRANS OUT OF ST PAUL - 202 20 00 LINE 033 (scanned microfilm)
156697 202 20 00 LINE 033 - 203 00 48 LINE 033 (scanned microfilm)
156697 203 01 00 LINE 033 - 205 04 10 LINE 038 (scanned microfilm)
156697 205 04 13 LINE 038 - 206 18 30 LINE 038 (scanned microfilm)
156697 195 02 10 LINE T 6 - 197 08 45 LINE 022
156697 185 03 15 LINE T 1 - 186 05 00 LINE T 1 (scanned microfilm record)
NGDC MGD77 data
magnetics --- Magnetics
Edited magnetics data d-4-80-bs.220_052 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data
LoranC --- Navigation
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data d-4-80-bs.052 (Provisional best file)
gravitycore --- Geology
core locations
gravitycorephotos (data on FAD)
visual core logs (microfilm scans)
VanVeengrab --- Geology
sample locations
airgunmonitor --- Air Gun / Water Gun
SCAG (data on FAD)
sidescansonar --- Sidescan

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