AKA: none
Other ID: O-1-68-NS, 68ANC, 68AWF
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Environmental Science Services Administration
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Hans Nelson
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Nome, AK
End Port/Location: Nome, AK
Start Date: 1968-07-24
End Date: 1968-08-16
Equipment Used: boxcore, VanVeengrab, LoranC, radar, transitsatellite, magnetics, gravity, airgun, Campbellgrab
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis, heavy metal chemical analysis, radiocarbon data, texture, foraminifera, pebble roundness, lithology
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings 182 van veen grab samples, 38 box cores, 32 Campbell grap, 201 stations
Staff: Thurston Davis, Richard Pratt, Dick Tagg
Affiliate Staff:
John Phillips (Oceanographer) - Ship Captain
Dee Kimbell - Operations Officer
Jose Velasquez - Chief Engineer
James Jones - Chief Machinist
Jerry Zembruscki (Petrobas
Brazil) - Scientist
Notes: Added 68ANC and 68AWF sample locations to FAD
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Hans Nelson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
John Phillips (Oceanographer) - Ship Captain
Dee Kimbell - Operations Officer
Jose Velasquez - Chief Engineer
Thurston Davis - Chief Survey Technician
James Jones - Chief Machinist
Richard Pratt (USGS Western Region) - Scientist
Dick Tagg (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator
Jerry Zembruscki (Petrobas, Brazil) - Scientist
Location:
Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 65 | South: 63 | West: -168 | East: -160 |
Platform(s):
Oceanographer |
Nelson, C.H., Hopkins, D.M., 1972, Sedimentary processes and distribution of particulate gold in the northern Bering Sea: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 689, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/o/o168ns/meta/o-1-68-ns.pp_689Cite.pdf.
Nelson, C.H., Pierce, D.E., Leong, K.W., and Wang, F.F.H., 1972, Mercury distribution in Ancient and Modern Sediment of Northeastern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-0268, http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/webpubs/usgs/of/text/of72-0268.PDF.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| boxcore | --- | Biology Geology | sample_locs (data in U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-0268) |
| VanVeengrab | --- | Geology | |
| LoranC | --- | Navigation | |
| radar | --- | Navigation | |
| transitsatellite | --- | Navigation | |
| magnetics | --- | Magnetics | |
| gravity | --- | Gravity | |
| airgun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| Campbellgrab | --- | Geology |
