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Field Activity Details for field activity F286BS

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AKA: none

Other ID: F-2-86-BS

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s): Geological Long-Range Inclined Asdic (GLORIA) (MU116)

Principal Investigator(s): Mike Marlow, Paul Carlson

Affiliate Investigator(s): Lindsay Parson (IOS)

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Multichannel, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Environmental Data: Temperature

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Dutch Harbor, AK

End Port/Location: Dutch Harbor, AK

Start Date: 1986-07-06

End Date: 1986-08-02

Equipment Used: Gloriasidescan, 2channelairgun, transitsatellite, LoranC, GPS, 10khz, 3.5khz, gravity, gradiometer, expendablebatthermograph

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Andy Harris, Doug Rearic, Ed Maple, Robin Bonner, Shawn Dadisman

Affiliate Staff:
Ed Cooper (IOS) - Navigator
Jon Campbell (IOS) - Electrical Engineer
Linton Wedlock (IOS) - Navigator
Mick Gooden (IOS) - Mechanical Technician
Mike Somers (IOS) - Electrical Engineer
Steve Williams (IOS) - Photographer

Notes: Natural Environment Research Council, United Kingdom Associated cruises in Alaska F-1-87-BS F-2-86-BS F-3-86-BS F-4-86-BS

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Andy Harris (IOS) - Electrical Engineer
Doug Rearic - Geologist
Ed Cooper (IOS) - Navigator
Ed Maple (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Jon Campbell (IOS) - Electrical Engineer
Lindsay Parson (IOS) - Chief Scientist
Linton Wedlock (IOS) - Navigator
Mick Gooden (IOS) - Mechanical Technician
Mike Marlow (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Mike Somers (IOS) - Electrical Engineer
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Robin Bonner (IOS) - Mechanical Technician
Shawn Dadisman (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Steve Williams (IOS) - Photographer

Location:

Bering Sea

Boundaries
North: 60.7941 South: 54.3135 West: 173.3953 East: -173.9608

Platform(s):

photo of Farnella
Farnella

Publications

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., Marlow, M.S., Rearic, Douglas M., and Pearson, L.M., 1987, The GLORIA view of seafloor processes in Navarinsky and Pervenets canyons, Bering Sea, Alaska: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 68 no. 44, pp. 1316–1316.

Carlson, P.R., Cooper, A.K., Gardner, J.V., Hunter, R.E., Karl, H.A., Marlow, M.S., Stevenson, A.J., Huggett, Q., Kenyon, N.H., Parson, L.M., Bohannon, R.G., Edwards, B.D., Vallier, T.L., Dobson, M.F., and Masson, D.G., 1988, GLORIA sonographic mosaics of the Bering Sea and the western Aleutian Arc and adjacent North Pacific, in Carter, Lorna M., ed., USGS research on energy resources, 1988; program and abstracts: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1025, pp. 14–15, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/cir1025.

Carlson, P.R., Cooper, A.K., Gardner, J.V., Karl, H.A., Marlow, M.S., Stevenson, A.J., Huggett, Q., Kenyon, N.H., and Parson, L., 1987, GLORIA side-scan imagery of Aleutian Basin, Bering Sea slope and abyssal plain: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 71 no. 5, pp. 536–536.

Carlson, P.R., Cooper, A.K., Gardner, J.V., Karl, H.A., Marlow, M.S., Stevenson, A.J., Huggett, Q., Kenyon, N.H., and Parson, L.M., 1987, Long-range side scan sonar and geophysical survey of the Aleutian Basin: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 68 no. 9, pp. 122–123.

Carlson, P.R., Marlow, M.S., Cooper, A.K., Stevenson, A.J., and Parson, L.M., 1986, First GLORIA images of giant Bering canyons: , Society For Sedimentary Geology Midyear Meeting Abstracts. , pp. 18–18.

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., Edwards, Brian D., Gardner, James V., and Hall, Robert K., 1990, Submarine slumps, slides, and flows dominate sculpting of Beringian margin, Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 74 no. 6, pp. 963–963.

Carlson, P.R., Marlow, Michael S., Parson, Lindsay M., and Somers, Michael L., 1987, GLORIA investigations of the Exclusive Economic Zone in the deep Bering Sea;MV Farnella Cruise F2-86-BS, 5 July to 4 August 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-0072, 16 p.

Carlson, P.R., Marlow, Michael S., Rearic, D.M., Dadisman, S.V., and Parson, Lindsay M., 1986, GLORIA side-scan imagery of central Bering Sea EEZ: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 67 no. 44, pp. 1228–1229.

Hall, R.K., Karl, H.A., Carlson, P.R., Cooper, A.K., Gardner, J.V., Hunter, R.E., Marlow, M.S., and Stevenson, A.J., 1988, Bathymetric map of the Bowers Basin and Aleutian Basin east of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. 1867 Convention Line, Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-0548, 8 p., https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr89548.

Marlow, M.S., Carlson, P.R., Dadisman, S.V., Rearic, D.M., Maple, E.J., Parson, L.M., 1987, GLORIA and geophysical surveys of the central Bering Sea in 1986: In: Hamilton, T.D., Galloway, J.P. (Eds.). Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1986, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 998, Reston, VA, pp. 152–156.

Marlow, M.S., Cooper, A.K., Dadisman, S.V., Carlson, P.R., Geist, E.L., and Parson, L.M., 1988, Recent deformation along Bowers Ridge, Bering Sea; evidence from GLORIA images and seismic-reflection data: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 128–129.

Marlow, M.S., Cooper, A.K., Dadisman, S.V., Geist, E.L., and Carlson, P.R., 1990, Bowers swell â Evidence for a zone of compressive deformation concentric with Bowers Ridge, Bering Sea: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 7 no. 4, pp. 398–409.

Marlow, M.S., Parson, Lindsay M., Carlson, Paul R., and Cooper, Alan K., 1986, Buried basement ridges and linear magnetic anomalies in the western Aleutian Basin, Bering Sea: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 67 no. 44, pp. 1227–1227.

Paskevich, V.F., Wong, F.L., O'Malley, J.J., Stevenson, A.J., and Gutmacher, C.E., 2011, GLORIA sidescan-sonar imagery for parts of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1332, http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1332/.

Rearic, D.M., Williams, Stephen R., Carlson, Paul R., and Hall, Robert K., 1988, Acoustic evidence for gas-charged sediment in the abyssal Aleutian Basin, Bering Sea, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-0677, 40 p.

Portals/Viewers

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Gloriasidescan --- Sidescan
Survey information
File list
Sidescan mosaic
Gloria (data on FAD)
2channelairgun --- Multichannel
156755 191 00 00 LINE 11A - 192 23 50 LINE 11B
156755 191 01 51 LINE 08A - 191 23 52 LINE 10C
156755 191 01 51 LINE 08A - 191 23 52 LINE 10EC
156755 188 03 30 LINE TRN 189 11 08 LINE 03F
156755 188 11 05 LINE 002 - 188 17 06 LINE 03B
156755 188 XX XX LINE XXX - 203 06 55 LINE 21A
156755 189 11 24 LINE 04A - 191 01 39 LINE 07A
156755 191 21 16 LINE TRN - 193 22 19 LINE 12B
156755 193 23 43 LINE 12B - 195 00 23 LINE 13B
156755 193 23 53 LINE TRN - 194 07 06 LINE 13A
156755 195 00 27 LINE 14A - 196 00 47 LINE 14B PART 2
156755 196 00 52 LINE 15A - 197 00 35 LINE 15A
156755 196 00 52 LINE 15A - 197 00 35 LINE 15A PART 2
156755 197 00 39 LINE 15B - 198 05 23 LINE 16E
156755 198 07 38 LINE 16F - 199 06 54 LINE 17B
156755 199 07 00 LINE 18A - 200 03 49 LINE 18B
156755 199 07 00 LINE 18A - 200 -3 49 LINE 18B PART 2
156755 200 03 52 LINE 19A - 201 06 24 LINE 20A
156755 200 04 00 LINE 19A - 201 06 24 LINE 20A
156755 200 05 42 LINE 20B - 203 09 04 LINE 22A
156755 201 06 35 LINE 20A - 202 05 36 LINE 20A
156755 202 05 48 LINE 20B - 203 09 04 LINE 21B
156755 203 09 08 LINE 22A - 204 06 24 LINE 22A
156755 203 09 08 LINE 22A - 204 10 11 LINE 22B
156755 204 06 30 LINE 22A - 204 10 11 LINE 22B
156755 192 23 54 LINE TRN - 193 23 51 LINE TRN
156755 194 23 29 LINE 13B - 195 06 34 LINE 14A
156755 195 00 27 LINE 14A - 196 00 47 LINE 14B
156755 205 11 44 LINE 24A - 206 13 36 LINE 24B
156755 207 15 38 LINE 26A - 208 18 11 LINE 26B
156755 207 16 18 LINE 26A - 208 18 11 LINE 26B
156755 208 18 12 LINE 27A - 209 12 22 LINE 27A
156755 208 18 30 LINE 27A - 209 07 32 LINE 27A
156755 209 07 39 LINE 27A - 209 12 22 LINE 27A
156755 209 12 26 LINE 28A - 210 13 18 LINE 30B
156755 209 12 29 LINE 28A - 210 13 18 LINE 30B
156755 210 13 23 LINE 31A - 211 14 00 LINE 33B
156755 210 13 23 LINE 31A - 211 14 54 LINE 33B
156755 211 14 56 LINE 34A - 212 11 33 LINE 36A
156755 211 14 57 LINE 34A - 212 11 31 LINE 36A
156755 212 11 33 LINE 37A - 213 04 20 LINE 37A
156755 212 11 35 LINE 37A - 213 04 20 LINE 37A
156755 213 05 04 LINE 38A - 213 20 02 LINE 42A
156755 213 05 04 LINE 38A - 214 07 58 LINE 44A
156755 214 03 39 LINE 43A - 214 07 58 LINE 44 PART 3
156755 XXX XX XX LINE 10A - XXX XX XX LINE 001
156755 205 11 42 LINE 24A - 206 13 36 LINE 24B
156755 206 13 40 LINE 25A - 207 14 44 LINE 25B
156755 206 13 42 LINE 25A - 207 15 32 LINE 25B
Multichannel data (srt data) (Download SEG-Y files from National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS))
Seismic FFID/Shot/CDP data f-2-86-bs.410_072 (Provisional best file)
Edited seismic shot point data f-2-86-bs.420_072
Survey information
156755 194 07 37 LINE 13A - 195 00 23 LINE 13B
156755 204 10 16 LINE 23A - 205 11 40 LINE 23B
156755 214 03 39 LINE 43A - 214 07 58 LINE 44A
seismic (data on FAD)
156755 204 10 13 LINE 23A - 205 11 40 LINE 23B
156755 188 00 30 LINE TRN - 189 11 05 LINE 03F
156755 191 23 59 LINE TRN - 192 21 32 LINE 11A
156755 197 00 39 LINE 15B - 198 09 25 LINE 16F
156755 198 09 30 LINE 17A - 199 06 54 LINE 17B
156755 189 11 17 LINE 04A - 191 01 39 LINE 07A
156755 193 00 30 LINE 12A - 193 23 40 LINE 12B
156755 201 06 31 LINE 20A - 202 05 36 LINE 20A
156755 214 03 39 LINE 43A - 214 07 58 LINE 44
156755 214 03 39 LINE 43A - 214 07 58 LINE 44 PART 2
Edited seismic shot point data f-2-86-bs.420
NAMSS Air gun data
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Survey information
LoranC --- Navigation
GPS --- Navigation
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-86-bs.071
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-86-bs.072 (Provisional best file)
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-86-bs.072_degree
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-86-bs.073
Lines
Survey information
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-86-bs.070
10khz --- Single Beam
Survey information
156757 F2 86 BS 10 KHZ BATHY
Edited bathymetry data f-2-86-bs.332
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Raw depth (bathymetry) data f-2-86-bs.300
Edited bathymetry data f-2-86-bs.332_072 (Provisional best file)
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
gravity --- Gravity
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
gradiometer --- Magnetics
Raw gradiometer data f-2-86-bs.241
Raw gradiometer data f-2-86-bs.241_072
Edited gradiometer data f-2-86-bs.260_072 (Provisional best file)
Cooper-format gradiometer data f-2-86-bs.270
Cooper-format gradiometer data f-2-86-bs.270_072
Survey information
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
Station Information

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