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Field Activity Details for field activity F287AA

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AKA: none

Other ID: F-2-87-AA

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

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

Principal Investigator(s): Herman Karl, Tracy Vallier

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Adak, AK

End Port/Location: Adak, AK

Start Date: 1987-07-28

End Date: 1987-08-24

Equipment Used: Gloriasidescan, magnetics, 3.5khz, 10khz, gravity, tempsalinometer, expendablebatthermograph, GPS, LoranC, 2channelairgun, airgun

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Western Aleutian Trench Associated cruises in Alaska F-2-87-AA F-3-87-AA F-7-88-AA F-8-88-AA

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Herman Karl (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Tracy Vallier (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Aleutian Arc

Boundaries
North: 53.4317 South: 49.9245 West: 167.028 East: 179.32401

Platform(s):

photo of Farnella
Farnella

Publications

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/.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Gloriasidescan --- Sidescan
Survey information
File list
Gloria (data on FAD)
Sidescan mosaic
magnetics --- Magnetics
Edited magnetics data f-2-87-aa.221
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
Raw gradiometer data f-2-87-aa.240
Raw magnetics data f-2-87-aa.200
Edited magnetics data f-2-87-aa.222_070 (Provisional best file)
Edited magnetics data f-2-87-aa.221_070
Survey information
Raw magnetics data f-2-87-aa.201
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
10khz --- Single Beam
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths f-2-87-aa.320_070 (Provisional best file)
Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths f-2-87-aa.320
Survey information
gravity --- Gravity
Free Air Anomaly data f-2-87-aa.160
Tape list
Gravity lines start/end control data f-2-87-aa.130
Gravity land tie data f-2-87-aa.140
Gravity lines start/end control data f-2-87-aa.134
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data f-2-87-aa.152
Raw gravity data from digital meter f-2-87-aa.102
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data f-2-87-aa.152_070 (Provisional best files)
Survey information
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data f-2-87-aa.150
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
Gravity lines start/end control data f-2-87-aa.131
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
Station Information
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-87-aa.072
Integrated navigation (SINS) data f-2-87-aa.051
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-87-aa.070_degree
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data f-2-87-aa.070 (Provisional best file)
Lines
Survey information
LoranC --- Navigation
2channelairgun --- Multichannel
seismic (data on FAD)
Raw seismic shot point data f-2-87-aa.400
Multichannel data (srt data) (Download SEG-Y files from National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS))
Seismic FFID/Shot/CDP data f-2-87-aa.410_070 (Provisional best file)
Raw seismic shot point data f-2-87-aa.400_070
Air gun data
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information

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