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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
North: -13 South: -24.76678452 West: -179.9999999 East: -170.15625

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

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.

Portals/Viewers

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.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-5-82-sp.301
Tape list
Edited bathymetry data l-5-82-sp.331
Edited bathymetry data l-5-82-sp.331_072 (Provisional best file)
Undefined l-5-82-sp.390
Survey information
Edited bathymetry data l-5-82-sp.330
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
gravity --- Gravity
Survey information
Raw gravity data from analog meter l-5-82-sp.111
Gravity land tie data l-5-82-sp.140
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data l-5-82-sp.153
Free Air Anomaly data l-5-82-sp.161
Free Air Anomaly data l-5-82-sp.165
landtie
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data l-5-82-sp.153_072 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
magnetics --- Magnetics
Raw magnetics data l-5-82-sp.200
Raw magnetics data l-5-82-sp.201
Edited magnetics data l-5-82-sp.222
Edited magnetics data l-5-82-sp.222_072
Edited magnetics data l-5-82-sp.223_072 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy
Survey information
sonobuoy (data on FAD)
airgunmonitor --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
courserecorder --- Navigation
Survey information
bathgravnav --- Gravity
Navigation
Single Beam
dopplersonar --- Navigation
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Tape list
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Tape list 2
Position update data l-5-82-sp.020
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-5-82-sp.050
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-5-82-sp.051
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-5-82-sp.052
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-5-82-sp.053
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-5-82-sp.054
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-5-82-sp.070
Lines
Survey information
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-5-82-sp.072_degree
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-5-82-sp.072 (Provisional best file)
LoranC --- Navigation
Survey information
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data l-5-82-sp.000
Survey information
field logs (data on FAD)
bathnav --- Navigation
Single Beam
gravitycore --- Geology
g2
g3
g4
Station Information
g1
chaindredge --- Geology
d1
d2
d4
d5
d6
d8
d9
l-5-82-sp.dredges.chaindredge.d8.pdf
l-5-82-sp.dredges.chaindredge.insular.pdf
Station Information
d7
l-5-82-sp.dredges.chaindredge.d1-2.pdf
d3
24channel --- Multichannel
stk.sgy.tar data l-5-82-sp.stk.sgy.tar (Provisional best file)
Edited seismic shot point data l-5-82-sp.420
Survey information
Edited seismic shot point data l-5-82-sp.420_072 (Provisional best file)
Scan l-5-82-sp.full.1.tif
Scan l-5-82-sp.small.2.tif
seismic (data on FAD)
Scan l-5-82-sp.full.2.tif
Scan l-5-82-sp.small.1.tif
Other --- --- ---
uniboom --- Boomer
Sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy

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