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Field Activity Details for field activity L878NP

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AKA: none

Other ID: L-8-78-NP

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David Scholl

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Aleutian Arc and Aleutian Arc

End Port/Location: Honolulu, HI and Honolulu, HI

Start Date: 1978-09-29

End Date: 1978-10-07

Equipment Used: integratednavigation, LoranC, 3.5khz, 12khz, airgun, gravity, gradiometer, sonobuoy, magnetics, transitsatellite

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Andy Stevenson, Bob Briggs, Carrie Carpenter, Chris Gutmacher, Dena Winham, Dennis Mann, Ed Buffington, George Asuncion, Gordon Tanner, Joe Edwards, Terry Ruff, Tom Chase, Tracy Vallier

Affiliate Staff:
Frank Johnson - Chief Mate
Gary Younse - Watchstander

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Andy Stevenson - Geologist
Bob Briggs - Chief Engineer
Carrie Carpenter - Navigator
Chris Gutmacher - Navigator
Dave Scholl - Chief Scientist
Dena Winham - Dafe Curator
Dennis Mann - Navigator
Ed Buffington - Geophysicist
Frank Johnson - Chief Mate
Gary Younse - Watchstander
George Asuncion - Electronics Technician
Gordon Tanner - Electronics Technician
Joe Edwards - Mechanical Technician
Terry Ruff - Ship Captain
Tom Chase - Geologist
Tracy Vallier - Geologist

Location:

Northern Pacific

Boundaries
North: 54.08983 South: 21.47934 West: -173.516 East: -158.29604

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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