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):
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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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data 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) |