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Field Activity Details for field activity K183NP

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AKA: none

Other ID: K-1-83-NP,K-2-83-CN

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jim Gardner, Mark Holmes

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Seattle ,WA

End Port/Location: Eureka, CA

Start Date: 1983-09-16

End Date: 1983-10-07

Equipment Used: samples, 3.5khz, gravity, magnetics, sidescansonar, airgun, LoranC, transitsatellite, integratednavigation, 200khz

Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, seismic reflection profiles

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Paul Carlson, Brian Edwards, Herman Karl

Affiliate Staff:
Friz Campbell (U of HI) - Geologist
Paul Johnson (U of Wash) - Geologist

Notes: Samples updated 2/21/18
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Brian Edwards (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Friz Campbell (U of HI) - Geologist
Herman Karl (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Mark Holmes (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Paul Johnson (U of Wash) - Geologist

Location:

North Pacific

Boundaries
North: 48.51571 South: 40.86298 West: -130.6 East: -122.37392

Platform(s):

photo of Kana Keoki
Kana Keoki

Publications

Carlson, P., and Nelson, C.H., 1987, Marine geology and resource potential of Cascadia Basin: In: Scholl, D., Grantz, A., and Vedder, J. (Eds.), Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resource Earth Science Series. Geology and resource potential of the continental margin of W. No. America and adjacent ocean basins, , pp. 523–535.

Edwards, B.D., Carlson, P.R., Gardner, J.V., Holmes, M.L., and Karl, Herman A., 1984, Surface morphology of the Gorda Ridge as seen by the SeaMARC II seafloor mapping system, in Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists first annual midyear meeting: , Society For Sedimentary Geology Midyear Meeting Abstracts. , pp. 29–30.

Holmes, M.L., Gardner, J.V., Johnson, H.P., Campbell, J.F., Carlson, P., Edwards, B., and Karl, H.A.,, 1984, SeaMARC II studies of the Juan de Fuca and Gorda ridges: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 65 no. 16, pp. 279–279.

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