AKA: none
Other ID: R-1-94-PW
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s): Fate of Spilled Oil in Prince William Sound, Alaska (MU111)
Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Keith Kvenvolden
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: fate of spilled oil (1989 & 1964)
Vehicle(s):
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End Port/Location:
Start Date: 1994-09-05
End Date: 1994-09-09
Equipment Used: Smith-MacIntyregrab
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 4 deep water stations sampled; 17 beaches explored and 9 tar samples brought back
Staff: Russell Arnold, Art Francis
Affiliate Staff:
Dave Meander - Lt.
Don Haynes
Notes: (From 9/16/94 USGS bulletin) The RAINIER piggy-back cruise to collect hydrocarbon samples in Prince William Sound, with Paul Carlson and Keith Kvenvolden aboard, was so successful that they kicked us off 6 days early. NOAA was extremely cooperative, placing a Boston Whaler and driver at our disposal every day. This allowed us to explore 17 beaches and we returned with 9 tar samples. We also used the RAINIER one day to re-occupy four deep water (285-747m) fjord stations sampled from the FARNELLA (5/89) within the trajectory of the 1989 EXXON VALDEZ spill. Coupled with spectacularly clear weather, we had a great trip.- Paul Carlson
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Keith Kvenvolden (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Russell Arnold - Captain
Art Francis - Lt. Cmdr
Dave Meander - Lt.
Don Haynes
Location:
Gulf of Alaska
Boundaries | |||
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North: 61.5 | South: 59.5 | West: -149.5 | East: -145 |
Platform(s):
Rainier |
Carlson, P.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., Hostettler, F.D., Rosenbauer, R.J., and Warden, A., 1997, Fate of Spilled Oil in Prince William Sound: Diary of a Forensic Geology Study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-518, 88 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr97518.
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Smith-MacIntyregrab | --- | Geology |