AKA: none
Other ID: L-5-82-SP
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Ministry of Lands, Survey, and Natural Resources of the Kingdom of Tonga
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Scholl
Affiliate Investigator(s): Tun Maung (CCOP/SOPAC)
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Multichannel, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geology and offshore resources of the Tonga region.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Pago Pago, American Samoa and Tongatapu, Tonga and Suva, Fiji
End Port/Location: Tongatapu, Tonga and Suva, Fiji and Port Vila, Vanuatu
Start Date: 1982-03-28
End Date: 1982-04-25
Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, airgun, gravity, magnetics, sonobuoy, airgunmonitor, courserecorder, bathgravnav, dopplersonar, integratednavigation, LoranC, transitsatellite, bathnav, gravitycore, chaindredge, 24channel, Other, uniboom, Sonobuoy
Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings 2,324 km of 24-channel seismic reflection profiles across the Lau Basin, Tonga Ridge, and Tonga Trench.
Staff: George Asuncion, Donna Blackman, Jonathan Childs, Guy Cochrane, Aaron Dunwald, Roy Fields, Gary Greene, Chris Gutmacher, Kaye Kinoshita, Larry Kooker, Dennis Mann, Graig McHendrie, Dave Melendrez, Vern Pilgrim, Bob Rowland, Jeff Rupert, Andy Stevenson, Tracy Vallier, Hal Williams
Affiliate Staff:
Barbara Seekins (USGS) - Navigator
Dave Falvey (U Sydney Au) - Geophysicist
Don Tiffin (CCOP/SOPAC) - Geologist
Greg Lewis (USGS) - Geologist
Jacques Daniel (N Caledon) - Geophysicist
Mark Sandstrom (Australi) - Geologist
Neville Exon (BMR) - Geologist
Rick Herzer (New Zealand) - Geologist
Sione Soakai (Tonga) - Watchstander
Notes: Based on data in best navigation file, l-5-82-sp.072, cumulative trackline distance to the nearest tens of kilometers is 6170 kilometers. Australia-New Zealand-United States Tripartite Agreement of 1982.
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Aaron Dunwald (USGS) - Chief Engineer
Andy Stevenson (USGS) - Geologist
Barbara Seekins (USGS) - Navigator
Bob Rowland (USGS) - Geologist
Chris Gutmacher (USGS) - Geologist
Dave Falvey (U Sydney Au) - Geophysicist
Dave Melendrez - Chief Mate
Dave Scholl (USGS) - Chief Scientist
Dennis Mann (USGS) - Geophysicist
Don Tiffin (CCOP/SOPAC) - Geologist
Donna Blackman (USGS) - Navigator
Gary Greene (USGS) - Geologist
George Asuncion (USGS) - Electronics Technician
Graig McHendrie (USGS) - Navigator
Greg Lewis (USGS) - Geologist
Guy Cochrane (USGS) - Geologist
Hal Williams (USGS) - Mechanical Technician
Jacques Daniel (N Caledon) - Geophysicist
Jeff Rupert (USGS) - Mechanical Technician
Jon Childs (USGS) - Geophysicist
Kaye Kinoshita (USGS) - Navigator
Larry Kooker (USGS) - Electronics Technician
Mark Sandstrom (Australi) - Geologist
Neville Exon (BMR) - Geologist
Rick Herzer (New Zealand) - Geologist
Roy Fields (USGS) - Electronics Technician
Sione Soakai (Tonga) - Watchstander
Tracy Vallier (USGS) - Geologist
Tun Maung (CCOP/SOPAC) - Chief Scientist
Vern Pilgrim - Ship Captain
Location:
Southern Pacific
Boundaries | |||
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North: -13 | South: -24.76678452 | West: -179.9999999 | East: -170.15625 |
Platform(s):
Samuel Phillips Lee |
Bruns, T.R., Cooper, A.K., Mann, D.M., and Vedder, J.G., 1986, Seismic stratigraphy and structure of sedimentary basins in the Solomon Islands region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 4, pp. 177–214.
Childs, J.R., 1985, Acoustic properties of sediment on the southern Tonga Platform as determined from seismic sonobuoy studies, in Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific Council Energy and Mineral Resources.
Cole, J.E., and Mann, D.M., 1985, Velocity analyses of near seafloor strata based on multichannel seismic data from the Tonga Platform, in Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific Council Energy and Mineral Resources.
Greene, H.G., and Wong, F.L., 1983, Hydrocarbon resource studies in the Southwest Pacific: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0293, 27 p.
Greene, H.G., Scholl, D.W., Vedder, J.G., and Wong, F.L., 1988, Oil and gas potential of island arcs in the Southwest Pacific; a new frontier: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 10, pp. 671–691.
Koski, R.A., Hein, J.R., Bouse, R.M., and Sliney, R.E., 1985, Composition and origin of ferromanganese crusts from Tonga Platform, Southwest Pacific: In: Scholl, D.W., and Vallier, T.L. (Eds.). Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific Council Energy and Mineral Resources Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs: Tonga region.
Mann, D.M., Scholl, D.W., and Sliter, R.W., 1986, Multichannel seismic-reflection data collected in 1982 in the Tonga region of the South Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-0457, 4 p., http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1986/0457/.
Maung, T.U., Exon, N.F., Sandstrom, M.W., Herzer, R., Stevenson, A.J., Childs, J.R., Scholl, D.W., and Vallier, T.L., 1982, Tonga Ridge; initial results of new geologic and geophysical studies, in American Geophysical Union 1982 fall meeting: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 63 no. 45, pp. 1121–1121.
Scholl, D.W., U Maung, T., Vallier, T.V., Childs, J., Stevenson, A.J., Exon, N.F., Herzer, R.H., Sandstrom, M.W., and Soaki, S., 1982, Preliminary results of geophysical and geological studies to assess resource potential and geologic evolution of central Tonga Ridge and summit platform (21-24 degrees latitude), in Circum-Pacific energy and mineral resources conference: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 66 no. 7, pp. 983–983.
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.
Stevenson, A.J., and Childs, J.R., 1985, Single channel seismic and geopotential data collection and processing, in Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific Council Energy and Mineral Resources.
Wong, F.L., Richmond, B.A., Greene, H.G., Dingler, J.R., Hein, J.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., Marlow, M.S., Morton, J.L., Rubin, D.M., Scholl, D.W., and Vedder, J.G., 1991, SOPAC; a decade of research on mineral and hydrocarbon resources in the South Pacific: In: Good, E.E., Slack, J.F., and Kotra, R.K. (Eds.), USGS research on mineral resources, 1991; program and abstracts. U. S. Geological Survey Circular 1062, pp. 78–79.
Wong, F.L., and Greene, H. Gary, 1984, Hydrocarbon- and mineral-resource investigations in the Southwest Pacific, in Clarke, Samuel H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey highlights in marine research: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0938, pp. 37–48.
FAN L582SP has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=L582SP.