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AKA: none

Other ID: L-6-83-SP

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bill Normark

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Sonar: Sidescan, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Pago Pago

End Port/Location: Pago Pago

Start Date: 1983-12-05

End Date: 1983-12-11

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, gravity, airgun, sidescansonar, gravitycore, DelNortenav, transitsatellite, tempsalinometer, expendablebatthermograph, underwatercamera, rangerange

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Aaron Dunwald, Al McClenaghan, Chris Gutmacher, Chris Poppe, Gordon Tanner, Jon Erickson, Kaye Kinoshita, Mary Hunt, Pat Wilde, Paul Wenberg, Rick Viall, Roy Fields, Tom Chase, Henry Chezar

Affiliate Staff:
Barbara Seekins - Navigator
Charlotte Brunner (UCB) - Biologist
Charlotte Pierce - Unsp Investigatr
Michele Krup (UCB) - Navigator
Ted Dengler (UCB) - Geologist

Notes: Based on data in best navigation file, l-6-83-sp.072, cumulative trackline distance to the nearest tens of kilometers is 810 kilometers.

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Aaron Dunwald - Chief Engineer
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
Barbara Seekins - Navigator
Bill Normark - Chief Scientist
Charlotte Brunner (UCB) - Biologist
Charlotte Pierce - Unsp Investigatr
Chris Gutmacher - Dafe Curator
Chris Poppe - Chief Mate
Gordon Tanner - Electronics Technician
Hank Chezar - Unsp Investigatr
Jon Erickson - Mechanical Technician
Kaye Kinoshita - Navigator
Mary Hunt (UCB) - Geologist
Michele Krup (UCB) - Navigator
Pat Wilde (UCB) - Geologist
Paul Wenberg - Mechanical Technician
Rick Viall - Electronics Technician
Roy Fields - Electronics Technician
Ted Dengler (UCB) - Geologist
Tom Chase - Geologist

Location:

Southern Pacific

Boundaries
North: -14.16369 South: -14.4418 West: -171.1257 East: -170.54071

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

Chase, T.E., Normark, W.R., Wilde, P., Gutmacher, C.E., Seekins, B.A., Lund, K.E., and Vath, S.C., 1988, Marine topography of offshore Tutuila Island, Samoa Islands: Geological Society of America Map and Chart Series, v. MCH068,, 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
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
12khz --- Single Beam
Edited bathymetry data l-6-83-sp.330
Edited bathymetry data l-6-83-sp.330_072 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
gravity --- Gravity
Raw gravity data from analog meter l-6-83-sp.110
Survey information
Raw gravity data from analog meter l-6-83-sp.110_072 (Provisional best file)
Land tie
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
gravitycore --- Geology
02g
02ga
07g
03ga
04ga
03g
10g
Station Information
DelNortenav --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-6-83-sp.056
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-6-83-sp.057
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-6-83-sp.070
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-6-83-sp.071
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-6-83-sp.072 (Provisional best file)
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data l-6-83-sp.072_degree
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data l-6-83-sp.650
Raw Del Norte data l-6-83-sp.671
Miniranger Land Table in UTM l-6-83-sp.680
Lines
Position update data l-6-83-sp.020
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-6-83-sp.050
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-6-83-sp.051
Integrated navigation (SINS) data l-6-83-sp.052
Survey information
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Survey information
Satellite data l-6-83-sp.000
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
Station Information
underwatercamera --- Photo
rangerange --- Navigation

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