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AKA: none

Other ID: L-1-84-AN

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Steve Eittreim, Monty Hampton

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Lyttleton, NZ

End Port/Location: McMurdo Station, Ant

Start Date: 1984-01-04

End Date: 1984-02-01

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, gravity, sidescansonar, uniboom, airgun, sonobuoy, 24channel, gravitycore, chaindredge, gradiometer, expendablebatthermograph, airgunmonitor, integratednavigation, transitsatellite, 12khz, tempsalinometer

Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry, gravity, magnetics, side scan, lithology

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings Approximately 900 km of 24-fold Common Depth Point (CDP) seismic-reflection, gravity, magnetic gradiometer, and 3.5 and 12.5 kHz echo-sounding data were collected for the continental margin of Wilkes Land, Antarctica. Gravity and bathymetric data were also collected for the transit line between Wilkes Land and New Zealand. The data were collected in 1984 by the U.S. Geological Survey R/V S.P. LEE. The seismic data source was a 5- airgun array totaling 1,311 cu. in., pressurized to 2,000 psi, towed at a depth of 10.5 m. The receiver consisted of a 24- channel hydrophone streamer, with 100-m group lengths containing 60 hydrophones i each group. The near channel offset from the airguns was 297 m. The data were recorded with a GUS Model HDRR- 4200 recording system. The magnetic gradiometer data were recorded continuously with a Geometrics proton-precession marine gradiometer. Two proton-precession magnetometers, separated horizontally by 150 m, were towed aft of the ship. The near sensor was towed 300 m aft, and both sensors were towed at a depth of approximately 50 m. Data were measured at 4-sec intervals. The gravity data were recorded continuously with a LaCoste and Romberg sea gravimeter on a 2-axis stabilized platform. Data were collected at 20-sec intervals and later desampled to 2 min or greater for plotting and modeling.

Staff: Peter Barnes, Barb Blubaugh, Jonathan Childs, Aaron Dunwald, Dave Hogg, Kris Johnson, Larry Kooker, Keith Kvenvolden, Al McClenaghan, George Moore, Gerry O'Brien, Bruce Richmond, Greg Smith, Hal Williams

Affiliate Staff:
Howard Stagg - Geophysicist
Joe Kravitz (NOAA) - Geologist
John Veevers (MacQuarie U) - Geologist
Marge Golan (Navigator) - Bac
Pat Moore - Chief Mate

Notes: Based on data in best navigation file, l-1-84-an.070, cumulative trackline distance to the nearest tens of kilometers is 8640 kilometers.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
Aaron Dunwald - Chief Engineer
Barb Blubaugh - Navigator
Bruce Richmond - Geologist
Dave Hogg - Electronics Technician
George Moore - Geologist
Gerry O'Brien - Mechanical Technician
Greg Smith - Geologist
Hal Williams - Mechanical Technician
Howard Stagg - Geophysicist
Joe Kravitz (NOAA) - Geologist
John Veevers (MacQuarie U) - Geologist
Jon Childs - Geophysicist
Keith Kvenvolden - Geochemist
Kris Johnson - Navigator
Larry Kooker - Electronics Technician
Marge Golan (Navigator) - Bac
Monty Hampton - Chief Scientist
Pat Moore - Chief Mate
Peter Barnes - Geologist
Steve Eittreim - Chief Scientist

Location:

Antarctica

Boundaries
North: -43.58359 South: -77.10433 West: 129.746 East: 173.18375

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

Barnes, P.W., 1987, Morphologic studies of the Wilkes Land continental shelf, Antarctica; glacial and iceberg effects: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 175–194.

Barnes, P.W., Edwards, B.D., and Karl, H.A., 1990, Morphologic, stratigraphic, and sedimentologic studies of surficial sediments off Wilkes Land and in the western Ross Sea, in Cooper, A.K., and Webb, P.N., conveners, International Workshop on Antarctic Offshore Seismic Stratigraphy (ANTOSTRAT): Overview and Extended Abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-0309, pp. 42–43.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Vath, S.C., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., and Wannesson, J., 2002, Dibble Glacier and environs (lat 61 degrees 30' -67 degrees S, long 130 degrees - 140 degrees E): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419A, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419A.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Vath, S.C., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., Wannesson, J., Anderson, J.B., and Domack, E.W., 2002, Buffon Canyon and environs (lat 64 degrees - 68 degrees 30'S, long 140 degrees - 150 degrees E): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419B, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419B.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Vath, S.C., Young, J.D., Dadisman, S.V., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., and Anderson, J.B., 2002, Possession Islands to Scott Seamounts and environs (lat 68 degrees 30' - 72 degrees 30'S, long 170 degrees - 180 degrees E): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419G, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419G.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Vath, S.C., Young, J.D., Dadisman, S.V., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., Anderson, J.B., and Brake, C.F., 2002, Oates Canyon/Bank and environs (lat 68 degrees 30' - 72 degrees 30'S, long 160 degrees - 170 degrees E): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419F, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419F.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Vath, S.C., Young, J.D., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., and Dadisman, S.V., 2002, Balleny Islands and environs (lat 64 degrees - 68 degrees 30'S, long 160 degrees - 170 degrees E): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419D, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419D.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Vath, S.C., Young, J.D., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., and Dadisman, S.V., 2002, Hillary Canyon, Iselin Bank, and northern environs (lat 68 degrees 30' - 72 degrees 30'S, long 180 degrees - 170 degrees W): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419H, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419H.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Vath, S.C., Young, J.D., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., and Wannesson, J., 2002, Mawson Peninsula and environs (lat 64 degrees - 68 degrees 30'S, long 150 degrees - 160 degrees E): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419C, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419C.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Young, J.D., and Eittreim, S.L., 1987, Marine topography of offshore Antarctica: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 147–149.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Young, J.D., Dadisman, S.V., Vanney, J.R., and Johnson, G.L., 2002, Iselin Bank and southwest environs (lat 72 degrees 30' - 75 degrees 30'S, long 180 degrees - 170 degrees W): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419K, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419K.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Young, J.D., Dadisman, S.V., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., Anderson, J.B., and Myers, N., 2002, Joides Basin and environs (lat 72 degrees 30' - 75 degrees 30'S, long 170 degrees E - 180 degrees ): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419J, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419J.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Young, J.D., Dadisman, S.V., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., Anderson, J.B., and Myers, N., 2002, Ross Bank and environs (lat 75 degrees 30' - 78 degrees 30'S, long 170 degrees E - 180 degrees): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419M.

Chase, T.E., Seekins, B.A., Young, J.D., Dadisman, S.V., Vanney, J.R., Johnson, G.L., Anderson, J.B., and Myers, N., 2002, Ross Island and environs (lat 75 degrees 30' - 78 degrees 30'S, long 160 degrees - 170 degrees E): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-419L, http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr02419L.

Childs, J.R., and Stagg, H.M.J., 1987, The deep crustal structure of the Wilkes Land continental margin: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 99–116.

Childs, J.R., and Cochrane, Guy R., 1990, Sonobuoy seismic data over the Ross Sea and Wilkes Land continental margins, in Cooper, Alan K., and Webb, Peter N., eds., International workshop on Antarctic offshore acoustic stratigraphy (Antostrat); overview and extended abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-0309, pp. 97–101.

Domack, E.W., 1987, Preliminary stratigraphy for a portion of the Wilkes Land continental shelf, Antarctica; evidence from till provenance: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 195–203.

Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A., 1985, Marine geological and geophysical investigations of the Wilkes Land continental margin, 1984: Antarctic Journal of the United States, v. 19 no. 5, pp. 82–84.

Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A., 1986, Prebreakup sedimentary and volcanic sequences on rifted continental margin of Wilkes Land, Antarctica: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 70 no. 7, pp. 921–921.

Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A., 1987, The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, 221 p.

Eittreim, S.L., Hampton, M.A., and Childs, J.R., 1985, Seismic-reflection signature of Cretaceous continental breakup on the Wilkes Land margin, Antarctica: Science, v. 229 no. 4718, pp. 1082–1084.

Eittreim, S.L., Hampton, M.A., Childs, J.R., and Moore, G.W., 1984, The East Antarctic passive margin; structure and seismic stratigraphy across its continent-ocean boundary, in AGU 1984 fall meeting: , American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions. , pp. 1105–1105.

Eittreim, S.L., Hampton, M.A., Smith, G.L., and Childs, J.R., 1986, Marine geophysical data from the Wilkes Land continental margin, Antarctica: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-0339, 9 p.

Eittreim, S.L., Smith, G.L., Childs, J.R., and Stagg, H.M.J., 1985, Moho topography and deep structure across the continent-ocean transition, Wilkes Land, Antarctica: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 66 no. 46, pp. 1072–1072.

Hampton, M.A., Kravitz, J.H., and Luepke, G., 1987, Geology of sediment cores from the George V continental margin, Antarctica: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 151–174.

Koenig, M., 1987, Geophysical data from the continental margin off Wilkes Land, Antarctica; implications for breakup and dispersal of Australia-Antarctica: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 117–145.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Golan-Bac, M., and Rapp, J.B., 1987, Hydrocarbon geochemistry of sediments offshore from Antarctica; Wilkes Land continental margin: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 205–213.

Moore, G.W., 1987, Provenance of glacial stones dredged off Wilkes Land, Antarctica: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 219–221.

Moore, G.W., and Eittreim, S.L., 1987, Mechanism of extension and rifting at the Antarctica Antarctic continental margin: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 89–97.

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.

Truswell, E.M., 1987, The palynology of core samples from the S.P. Lee Wilkes Land cruise: In: Eittreim, S.L., and Hampton, M.A. (Eds.), The Antarctic continental margin; geology and geophysics of offshore Wilkes Land. Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 5A, pp. 215–218.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
153732 015 15 40 LINE 001
153732 018 16 15 LINE 007
153732 024 03 00 LINE 015T
Survey information
153732 004 23 50 LINE TR-1
153732 027 23 42 LINE 023
153732 031 16 15 LINE 023T
153732 031 16 51 LINE 023T
153732 015 08 53 LINE 001
153732 023 14 23 LINE 014B
153732 024 00 30 LINE 015T
153732 027 17 50 LINE 023
gravity --- Gravity
153730 11 24 1985 23 30 LINE 002
153730 11 24 1985 23 36 LINE 004
Raw gravity data from analog meter l-1-84-an.110
Gravity land tie data l-1-84-an.141
153730 11 25 1985 00 07 LINE 013
153730 11 24 1985 23 39 LINE 005
153730 11 24 1985 23 42 LINE 006
153730 11 24 1985 23 51 LINE 009
153730 11 24 1985 23 53 LINE 010
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data l-1-84-an.155_070 (Provisional best file)
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data l-1-84-an.155
Free Air Anomaly data l-1-84-an.161
Survey information
landtie
153730 11 24 1985 23 25 LINE 001
153730 11 24 1985 23 57 LINE 011
153730 11 25 1985 10 19 LINE 009
153730 11 24 1985 23 33 LINE 003
153730 11 24 1985 23 59 LINE 012
153730 11 25 1985 00 13 LINE 014A
153730 11 25 1985 00 15 LINE 014B
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
Gravity lines start/end control data l-1-84-an.135
153730 11 24 1985 23 44 LINE 007
153730 11 24 1985 23 48 LINE 008
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
Survey information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy
sonobuoy (data on FAD)
Survey information
24channel --- Multichannel
153733 06 12 1985 17 58 LINE 004
153733 06 13 1985 18 18 LINE 003
153733 06 14 1985 12 39 LINE 013
153733 06 13 1985 17 04 LINE 005
153733 06 14 1985 14 34 LINE 001
153733 06 18 1985 09 13 LINE 012
153733 06 13 1985 10 39 LINE 009
stk.sgy.tar data l-1-84-an.stk.sgy.tar (Provisional best file)
153733 06 11 1985 14 04 LINE 002
153733 06 12 1985 17 04 LINE 007
153733 06 13 1985 12 37 LINE 014A
153733 06 13 1985 13 17 LINE 014B
153733 06 12 1985 16 31 LINE 006
153733 06 13 1985 17 34 LINE 008
153733 06 13 1985 11 55 LINE 011
Edited seismic shot point data l-1-84-an.420
Edited seismic shot point data l-1-84-an.420_070
Image l-2-84-an.thumb.jpg
Survey information
153733 06 13 1985 11 19 LINE 010
gravitycore --- Geology
Station Information
chaindredge --- Geology
Station Information
gradiometer --- Magnetics
Edited gradiometer data l-1-84-an.260_070 (Provisional best file)
153730 11 24 1985 23 25 LINE 001
153730 11 24 1985 23 33 LINE 003
153730 11 24 1985 23 36 LINE 004
153730 11 24 1985 23 39 LINE 005
153730 11 24 1985 23 42 LINE 006
153730 11 24 1985 23 44 LINE 007
153730 11 24 1985 23 48 LINE 008
153730 11 24 1985 23 51 LINE 009
153730 11 24 1985 23 53 LINE 010
153730 11 24 1985 23 57 LINE 011
153730 11 24 1985 23 59 LINE 012
153730 11 25 1985 00 07 LINE 013
153730 11 25 1985 00 13 LINE 014A
153730 11 25 1985 00 15 LINE 014B
153730 11 25 1985 10 19 LINE 009
Raw gradiometer data l-1-84-an.240_070
Geometrics magnetics data l-1-84-an.280
Survey information
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
153730 11 24 1985 23 30 LINE 002
Raw gradiometer data l-1-84-an.240
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
Station Information
airgunmonitor --- Air Gun / Water Gun
L184AN_153732_SCAG (scanned microfilm)
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
154438 028 02 35 LINE 023T
154438 007 06 40 LINE TRA
154438 010 09 05 LINE TR3
154438 013 01 06 LINE TR4
154438 017 09 51 LINE 004
154438 019 23 40 LINE 008
154438 022 13 10 LINE 013
154438 025 HR 03 LINE STA 2
154438 031 02 35 LINE 023T
154438 032 06 15 LINE 023T
Position update data l-1-84-an.021
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-1-84-an.053
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-1-84-an.054
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-1-84-an.070 (Provisional best file)
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-1-84-an.070_degree
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-1-84-an.050
154438 015 02 40 LINE 001
Position update data l-1-84-an.020
Tape list
tape list 2
Lines
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data l-1-84-an.000
12khz --- Single Beam
153731 007 20 15 LINE TR-2
153731 010 00 15 LINE TR-2
153731 014 23 24 LINE MAN
153731 022 00 35 LINE 013
153731 023 13 18 LINE 014B
Edited bathymetry data l-1-84-an.330_070 (Provisional best file)
Sediment thickness data l-1-84-an.340
153731 004 23 50 LINE TR-1 - 007 20 15 LINE TR-2
153731 025 13 15 LINE 018
Survey information
153731 029 17 00 LINE 023T
153731 017 18 15 LINE 005
153731 027 23 42 LINE 023
153731 024 08 53 LINE 015T
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
153731 026 01 30 LINE 019
153731 032 06 18 LINE 023T
Sediment thickness data l-1-84-an.345
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-1-84-an.300
Edited bathymetry data l-1-84-an.330
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature

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