AKA: none
Other ID: L-6-82-SP,L6VU82
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Gary Greene
Affiliate Investigator(s): Dave Falvey
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:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Port Vila, Vanuatu
End Port/Location: Honiara, Guadalcanal
Start Date: 1982-04-27
End Date: 1982-05-16
Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, gravity, sonobuoy, 24channel, airgun, gravitycore, chaindredge, courserecorder, integratednavigation, LoranC, transitsatellite, airgunmonitor, magnetics, uniboom
Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry, lithology, gravity.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Approximately 2400 km of 24-fold multichannel seismic reflection data were collected along 40 lines. The seismic source consisted of a tuned, 5 airgun array totaling 1311 cubic inches, pressurized to 2000 psi, towed at a depth of approximately 10.5 meters. Individual gun volumes were usually 148, 194, 194, 309, and 466 cubic inches. The receiver consisted of a 24 channel hydrophone in each group. The near channel offset from the airguns was 297 m and far channel offset 2611 m. The data were recorded with a GUS model HDDR-4200 recording system. Shots were fired every 50 meters and records were sampled in the field at a 2 millisecond rate but resampled to a 4 millisecond rate prior to processing. Primary navigation was by satellite. 2375 nautical miles of bathymetry data, 2216 nautical miles of magnetic data, and 2302 nautical miles of gravity data.
Staff: Donna Blackman, Guy Cochrane, Jaque Daniel, Aaron Dunwald, Jon Erickson, Roy Fields, Michael Fisher, Carol Hirozawa, Mark Holmes, Kaye Kinoshita, Dave Melendrez, Vern Pilgrim, Greg Smith, Rick Viall
Affiliate Staff:
Dan Hurlbert - Mechanical Technician
David Johnson - Geologist
Greg Lewis - Watchstander
Rudy Katz - Geophysicist
Sandy McFarlane - Geophysicist
Notes: GIS tools on best navigation file, l-6-82-sp.083, found cumulative trackline distance to the nearest tens of kilometers is 4450 kilometers.
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Aaron Dunwald - Chief Engineer
Carol Hirozawa - Navigator
Dan Hurlbert - Mechanical Technician
Dave Falvey - Chief Scientist
David Johnson - Geologist
Dave Melendrez - Chief Mate
Donna Blackman - Navigator
Gary Greene - Chief Scientist
Greg Lewis - Watchstander
Greg Smith - Watchstander
Guy Cochrane - Watchstander
Jaque Daniel - Geophysicist
Jon Erickson - Mechanical Technician
Kaye Kinoshita - Navigator
Mark Holmes - Oceanographer
Mike Fisher - Geophysicist
Rick Viall - Electronics Technician
Roy Fields - Electronics Technician
Rudy Katz - Geophysicist
Sandy McFarlane - Geophysicist
Vern Pilgrim - Ship Captain
Location:
Vanuatu
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: -9.21947 | South: -17.7992 | West: 159.951 | East: 168.30856 |
Platform(s):
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Alpha, T.R., 1988, Perspective physiographic diagram of Vanuatu, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 29–33.
Buchbinder, B., Halley, R.B., 1988, Source rock evaluation of outcrop samples from Vanuatu; Malakula, Espiritu Santo, Maewo, and Pentecost: In: Scholl, D.W., Vallier, T.L. (Eds.). Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs -- Tonga region; Earth Science Series, vol. 2 2, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Houston, TX, pp. 335–349.
Burne, R.V., Collot, Jean-Yves, and Daniel, Jacques, 1988, Superficial structures and stress regimes of the downgoing plate associated with subduction-collision in the Central New Hebrides arc, Vanuatu, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 357–379.
Chase, T.E., and Seekins, B.A., 1988, Submarine topography of the Vanuatu and southeastern Solomon Islands region, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 35–36.
Collot, J.-Y., and Fisher, Michael A., 1988, Crustal structure, from gravity data, of a collision zone in the central New Hebrides island arc, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds. Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series 8, pp. 125–139.
Crawford, A.J., Greene, H. Gary., and Exon, Neville F., 1988, Geology, petrology and geochemistry of submarine volcanoes around Epi Island, New Hebrides island arc, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 301–327.
Falvey, D.A., and Greene, H. Gary, 1988, Origin and evolution of the sedimentary basins of the New Hebrides arc, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 413–442.
Fisher, M.A., 1988, Petroleum geology of the central New Hebrides arc, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 279–283.
Fisher, M.A., Falvey, David A., and Smith, Gregory L., 1988, Seismic stratigraphy of the summit basins of the New Hebrides island arc, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum- Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 208–223.
Glikson, M., 1988, Miocene algal reef-derived deposits in Vanuatu possible petroleum source rocks, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 267–274.
Golan-Bac, M., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1988, Hydrocarbon gases in surface sediments of the South Aoba Basin, Vanuatu, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 275–278.
Greene, H.G., and Johnson, David P., 1988, Geology of the central basin region of the New Hebrides arc inferred from single-channel seismic-refraction data, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 117–199.
Greene, H.G., and Wong, Florence L., 1990, Ridge collisions along the plate margins of South America compared with those in the Southwest Pacific, in Ericksen, George E., Pinochet, Maria Teresa Canas, and Reinemund, John A, eds., Geology of the Andes and its relation to hydrocarbon and mineral resources: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 39–57.
Greene, H.G., and Wong, Florence L., 1986, Sedimentary analysis of seismic-reflection profiles for hydrocarbon evaluation, intra-arc basins, central New Hebrides Arc, in Sediments down-under; 12th international sedimentological congress: Canberra, Australia, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics.
Greene, H.G., and Wong, Florence L.,, 1988, Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 442–442.
Greene, H.G., Macfarlane, Alexander, and Wong, Florence L., 1988, Geology and offshore resources of Vanuatu; introduction and summary, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Serie, v. 8, pp. 1–25.
Greene, H.G., Wong, F.L., Falvey, D.A., and Macfarlane, A., 1986, Basin development and petroleum prospects of central New Hebrides Arc: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 70 no. 7, pp. 923–924.
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., Macfarlane, A., Johnson, D.P., and Crawford, A.J., 1988, Structure and tectonics of the central New Hebrides arc, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 377–412.
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.
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Holmes, M.L., 1988, Seismic refraction measurements in the summit basins of the New Hebrides arc, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 163–176.
Johnson, D.P., and Greene, H.G., 1988, Modern depositional regimes, offshore Vanuatu, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 287–299.
Johnson, D.P., Belford, D.J., Carter, A.N., and Crawford, A.J., 1988, Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 141–161.
Katz, H.R., 1988, Offshore geology of Vanuatu; previous work, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 93–122.
Louat, R., Hamburger, Michael W., and Monzier, Michel, 1988, Shallow and intermediate-depth seismicity in the New Hebrides arc; constraints on the subduction process, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 329–356.
Macfarlane, A., Carney, John N., Crawford, Anthony J., and Greene, H. Gary, 1988, Vanuatu; a review of the onshore geology, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 45–91.
Smith, G.L., Falvey, David A., and Shaw, Raymond, 1988, Multichannel data acquisition and processing, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 39–42.
Steele, W.C., and Kinoshita, K.L., 1988, Navigation data collection, processing, and display, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 37–38.
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.
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., 1988, Geologic hazards in the central basin region, Vanuatu, in Greene, H. Gary, and Wong, Florence L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Vanuatu region: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 8, pp. 225–251.
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.
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