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Field Activity Details for field activity K390PW

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AKA: none

Other ID: K-3-90-PW

Status: Completed

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Principal Investigator(s): Peter Barnes, Paul Carlson, Keith Kvenvolden

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Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

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Start Date: 1990-08-09

End Date: 1990-08-14

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, sidescansonar, GPS, grab, gravitycore, vanveengrab, Geopulse

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Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Peter Barnes (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Keith Kvenvolden (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Alaska

Boundaries
North: 60.89833 South: 59.9505 West: -148.175 East: -147.12167

Platform(s):


Karluk

Publications

Carlson, P.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, F.D., Rosenbauer, R.J., and Warden, A., 1997, Fate of Spilled Oil in Prince William Sound: Diary of a Forensic Geology Study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-518, 88 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr97518.

Kvenvolden, K.A., J.B. Rapp, and F.D. Hostettler, 1991, Tracing hydrocarbons from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in beach, shallow-water, and deep-water sediment of Prince William Sound, Alaska, In, P.R. Carlson, Ed., Sediment of Prince William Sound, beach to deep Fjord floor, a year after the Exxon Valdez oil spill: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-631, 6998 p.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
K-3-90-PW_197750_sidescan (scanned microfilm)
GPS --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Global positioning system (GPS) data k-3-90-pw.060 (Provisional best file)
grab --- Geology
Station Information
gravitycore --- Geology
foram slides (data in holdings)
Station Information
vanveengrab --- Geology
Station Information
Geopulse --- Boomer
K-3-90-PW_197750_geopulse (scanned microfilm)

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