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Field Activity Details for field activity G372AR

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AKA: none

Other ID: G-3-72-AR,72-ABP

Status: Completed

Organization(s): University of Alaska , U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Oregon State University, USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Peter Barnes

Affiliate Investigator(s): Gary Hufford (USCG),Herb Weiss (NUC),A.S. Naidu (Univ. of Alaska),Andrew Carey (OSU)

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Current, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Survey the state of the marine environment and its associated biota in the western (Alaskan) Beaufort Sea.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Barrow, AK

End Port/Location: Barrow, AK

Start Date: 1972-08-02

End Date: 1972-09-12

Equipment Used: boomer, transmissometer, currentmeter, Secchidisc, pistoncore, grab, uniboom, navigation, bathymetry, sidescansonar

Information to be Derived: Surficial geology and geologic processes.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: No known navigation (Clint Steele, 10/15/97), bathymetry data collected by Univ. of Conn. This is the Western Beaufort Sea Ecologic Cruise.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Gary Hufford (USCG) - Chief Scientist
Peter Barnes (USGS) - Chief Scientist
Herb Weiss (NUC) - Chief Scientist
A.S. Naidu (Univ. of Alaska) - Chief Scientist
Andrew Carey (OSU) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Arctic

Boundaries
North: 71.91 South: 71.37667 West: -152.068 East: -150.87167

Platform(s):

photo of Glacier
Glacier

Publications

Rearic, D.M., and McHendrie, A.G., 1983, Ice gouge data sets from the Alaskan Beaufort Sea; magnetic tape and documentation for computer assisted analyses and correlation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-706, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr83706.

Rearic, D.M., Barnes, P.W., and Reimnitz, E., 1981, Ice-gouge data, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 1972-1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-950, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr81950.

Rearic, D.M., 1974, Ice Gouge Correlation Project: U. S. Geological Survey , https://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/k/k279ar/meta/IceGougeCorrelation.pdf.

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