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Field Activity Details for field activity L777WG

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-7-77-WG

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Roland VonHuene

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sonobuoy, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Seismics: Multichannel

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kodiak, AK, USCG Pier

End Port/Location: Kodiak, AK, USCG Pier

Start Date: 1977-07-03

End Date: 1977-07-22

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, gravity, uniboom, sparker, Burgairgun, airgun, Digitrack, integratednavigation, LoranC, bathgravnav, sonobuoy, bottomseismometer, gradiometer, minisparker, 24channel, airgunmonitor

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dave Aldridge, Dave Hogg, Jack Lee, Joe Edwards, John Dunlavey, Mark Holmes, Michael Fisher, Steve Davenport, Terry Ruff, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
Curtis Thompson - Chief Mate
Dick Sylvester - Geophysicist
Doug Varchol - Watchstander
George Gunther - Watchstander
Mark Sanders - Watchstander
Paul Ledman - Watchstander
Paul Twitchell - Mechanical Technician
Steve Lankford - Dafe Curator

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Curtis Thompson - Chief Mate
Dave Aldridge - Watchstander
Dave Hogg - Electronics Technician
Dick Sylvester - Geophysicist
Doug Varchol - Watchstander
George Gunther - Watchstander
Jack Lee - Electronics Technician
Joe Edwards - Mechanical Technician
John Dunlavey - Watchstander
Ken Parolski - Watchstander
Mark Holmes - Geophysicist
Mark Sanders - Watchstander
Mike Fisher - Geophysicist
Paul Ledman - Watchstander
Paul Twitchell - Mechanical Technician
Roland Von Huene - Chief Scientist
Steve Davenport - Watchstander
Steve Lankford - Dafe Curator
Terry Ruff - Ship Captain

Location:

Western Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 58.14343 South: 54.97198 West: -156.7442 East: -147.44074

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

Fisher, M.A., von Huene, R., and Steele, W.C., 1983, Marine free-air gravity map of the western Gulf of Alaska, lower Cook Inlet, and Shelikof Strait, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-52, 2 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr8352.

Fisher, M.A., von Huene, Roland, and Hampton, Monty A.,, 1984, Summary geologic report for petroleum lease sale 100, Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0024, 49 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr8424.

Mann, D.M., and von Huene, R., 1984, Multichannel seismic-reflection profiles collected in 1977 in the western Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-7, 3 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr847.

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.

Portals/Viewers

FAN L777WG 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=L777WG.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw depth (bathymetry) data l-7-77-wg.301
Edited bathymetry data l-7-77-wg.335
Survey information
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Edited bathymetry data l-7-77-wg.335_010 (Provisional best file)
gravity --- Gravity
Raw gravity data from analog meter l-7-77-wg.111
Gravity land tie data l-7-77-wg.140
SKIPNSAVED Free Air Anomaly data l-7-77-wg.151
Free Air Anomaly data l-7-77-wg.161
Free Air Anomaly data l-7-77-wg.162
Free Air Anomaly data l-7-77-wg.162_010 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
sparker --- Sparker
Burgairgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
Digitrack --- Single Beam
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Survey information
Lines
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Satellite data l-7-77-wg.001
Dead reckoning data l-7-77-wg.010 (Provisional best file)
Dead reckoning data l-7-77-wg.010_degree
Tape list
Satellite data l-7-77-wg.000
LoranC --- Navigation
Survey information
bathgravnav --- Gravity
Navigation
Single Beam
sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy
Survey information
bottomseismometer --- Ocean Bottom Seismometer
Survey information
gradiometer --- Magnetics
Raw gradiometer data l-7-77-wg.240
Raw gradiometer data l-7-77-wg.240_010
Edited gradiometer data l-7-77-wg.260_010 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
minisparker --- Sparker
Survey information
24channel --- Multichannel
Edited seismic shot point data l-7-77-wg.420
Survey information
Scan l-7-77-wg.full.tif
Scan l-7-77-wg.small.tif
Image l-7-77-wg.thumb.jpg
Edited seismic shot point data l-7-77-wg.420_010 (Provisional best file)
Multichannel - stack data (Download SEG-Y files from National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys (NAMSS))
airgunmonitor --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information

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