AKA: none
Other ID: R-1-95-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: Sample and map distribution of spilled 1989 Exxon Valdez oil and 1964 earthquake released California tar. Study fate of hydrocarbon residues resulting from significant spills in 1964 and 1989.
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Start Date: 1995-09-09
End Date: 1995-09-15
Equipment Used: Smith-MacIntyregrab
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 23 samples from shorelines of islands at 9 sites. Collected fjord floor sediment samples at 7 deep-water, previously occuppied sites along the spill trajectory using a grab sampler from the NOAA ship Rainier. NOAAs Boston Whaler to reach shore to sample sites of mans influence and habitation; Smith-McIntyre grab sampler to collect deep samples from fjord floor.
Staff: Jeff Eldredge
Affiliate Staff:
Dean Seidell - Captain
Tammy Giezentanner - driver
Tom Olsen - AB
Matt Monaghan - driver
Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Keith Kvenvolden (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Dean Seidell - Captain
Jeff Eldredge - driver
Tammy Giezentanner - driver
Tom Olsen - AB
Matt Monaghan - driver
Location:
Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith-MacIntyregrab | --- | Geology |
