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Field Activity Details for field activity R194PW

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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)

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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
North: 61.5 South: 59.5 West: -149.5 East: -145

Platform(s):


Rainier

Publications

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Smith-MacIntyregrab --- Geology

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