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Field Activity Details for field activity L578BS

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-5-78-BS

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Alan Cooper, Mike Marlow

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: Multichannel, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Nome, AK

End Port/Location: Nome, AK

Start Date: 1978-08-06

End Date: 1978-08-23

Equipment Used: dredge, 3.5khz, 12khz, gravity, minisparker, integratednavigation, transitsatellite, 24channel, airgun, airgunmonitor, sonobuoy, magnetics

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings start date updated from microfilm

Staff: Bob Arnal, John Barron, Cheryl Cape, Jonathan Childs, Jon Erickson, Dave Hogg, Jim Joyce, Mike Marlow, Graig McHendrie, Terry Ruff, David Scholl, Andy Stevenson

Affiliate Staff:
Richard Heagney - Ship Captain
Darrell Klingman - Watchstander
Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate
Bill Patton - Geologist
K. Smith - Chief Engineer

Notes: Note that some data from this activity mislabeled L-4-78-BS; dates correspond to this activity 7/18/2016. Also adjusted end date from InfoBank to match microfilm data.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bob Arnal - Geologist
John Barron - Geologist
Cheryl Cape - Dafe Curator
Jon Childs - Geophysicist
Alan Cooper - Chief Scientist
Thor Cutler - Geophysicist
Jon Erickson - Mechanical Technician
Dave Hogg - Electronics Technician
Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate
Jim Joyce - Geologist
Terry Kelley - Electronics Technician
Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate
Mike Marlow - Chief Scientist
Graig McHendrie - Navigator
Terry Ruff - Ship Captain
Dave Scholl - Geologist
Shannon Sinnock - Watchstander
Loreto Smith - Chief Engineer
Andy Stevenson - Geologist

Location:

Alaska

Boundaries
North: 64.91867 South: 62.74943 West: -170.904 East: -162.67679

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

Childs, J.R., and Cooper, A.K.,, 1979, Marine seismic sonobuoy data from the Bering Sea region: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-371, 4 p.

Childs, J.R., Cooper, A.K., and Wright, A.W., 1981, Residual magnetic map of Umnak Plateau region, southeastern Bering Sea: U. S. Geological Survey Geophysical Investigations Map GP-0939, 1 p.

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
dredge --- Geology
dredge locations (mislabeled L478BS on InfoBank)
physical holdings (misc analog holdings)
chaindredge (on off file)
chaindredge (on off file)
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Edited bathymetry data l-4-78-bs.335_010 (Provisional best)
12khz --- Single Beam
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy (dates; 8/06 to 8/23/1978)
gravity --- Gravity
Free Air Anomaly data l-4-78-bs.165_010 (Provisional best)
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
minisparker --- Sparker
minisparker (start end paper roll)
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Dead reckoning data l-4-78-bs.010 (provisional best)
transitsatellite --- Navigation
24channel --- Multichannel
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
single channel airgun (start, end paper, on off)
airgun
airgunmonitor --- Air Gun / Water Gun
sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy
sonobuoy (start end paper rolls)
sonobuoy_digital (data on FAD)
magnetics --- Magnetics
Edited gradiometer data l-4-78-bs.260_010 (Provisional best)

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