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Field Activity Details for field activity L876NP

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-8-76-NP

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Brent Dalrymple

Affiliate Investigator(s):

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: Sonobuoy, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Adak, AK and Midway Island

End Port/Location: Midway Island and Honolulu, HI

Start Date: 1976-09-29

End Date: 1976-10-21

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, airgun, RhoRho, dopplersonar, integratednavigation, transitsatellite, gravity, gradiometer, uniboom, sonobuoy, chaindredge, sparker

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Karen Bachmann, Keith Bargar, Mark Brandon, Carrie Carpenter, Dave Clague, Ralph Curtiss, Dick Doell, Bob Duncan, Gary Greene, Harry Hill, Pat McCrory, Byron Ruppel

Affiliate Staff:
Cece Roots - Watchstander
Curtis Thompson - Chief Mate
Elliot Sims - Watchstander
Jim Magill (MDB) - Watchstander
Ron Kistler - Geologist
Steve Bright (MDB) - Watchstander
Sven Keinanen - Ship Captain

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bob Duncan - Watchstander
Brent Dalrymple - Chief Scientist
Byron Ruppel - Geophysicist
Carrie Carpenter - Dafe Curator
Cece Roots - Watchstander
Curtis Thompson - Chief Mate
Dave Clague - Geologist
Dick Doell - Navigator
Elliot Sims - Watchstander
Gary Greene - Geologist
Harry Hill - Electronics Technician
Jim Magill (MDB) - Watchstander
Karen Bachmann - Navigator
Keith Bargar - Geologist
Mark Brandon - Watchstander
Pat McCrory - Watchstander
Ralph Curtiss - Chief Engineer
Ron Kistler - Geologist
Steve Bright (MDB) - Watchstander
Sven Keinanen - Ship Captain

Location:

Northern Pacific

Boundaries
North: 52.06155 South: 21.90246 West: 169.6187 East: -159.7469

Platform(s):

photo of Samuel Phillips Lee
Samuel Phillips Lee

Publications

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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