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Field Activity Details for field activity K179AR

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AKA: none

Other ID: K-1-79-AR

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Peter Barnes

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Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)

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Start Date: 1979-07-23

End Date: 1979-08-20

Equipment Used: bathymetry, navigation, vibracore, uniboom, sidescansonar, meters

Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry, side scan images, samples.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

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Notes: Physical data holdings
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Peter Barnes (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Arctic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 70.6513 South: 70.19331 West: -150.6598 East: -145.96857

Platform(s):


Karluk

Publications

Barnes, P.W., Reimnitz, E., Kempema, E., Minkler, P., and Ross, R., 1980, USGS marine geologic studies in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 1979; data type, location, and records obtained: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-603, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr80603.

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
bathymetry --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data k-1-79-ar.305
Raw depth (bathymetry) data k-1-79-ar.305_690 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
navigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Raw Del Norte data k-1-79-ar.670
Edited ranging navigation data with Lat/Long k-1-79-ar.690 (Provisional best file)
Edited ranging navigation data with Lat/Long k-1-79-ar.691
vibracore --- Geology
uniboom --- Boomer
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
meters --- Mooring (physical oceanography)

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