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Field Activity Details for field activity S1079EG

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-10-79-EG

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Terry Bruns, George Plafker

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kodiak, AK

End Port/Location: Kodiak, AK

Start Date: 1979-09-05

End Date: 1979-09-20

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, Digitrack, gravity, underwatercamera, LoranC, transitsatellite, dartcore, chaindredge, airgun, deadreckoning, 12khz

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Tom Atwood, Glen Barker, Paul Bates, Scott Conard, Warren Coonrad, Kirk Dixon, Dave Gottfried, Sue Hunt, Bill Levy, Paula Mackrow, Chris Olson, Bob Patrick, Vern Pilgrim, Jeff Rupert, John Saladin, Edith Stanley, Mark Wheeler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Tom Atwood (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Glen Barker (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Paul Bates (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
Terry Bruns (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Scott Conard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Warren Coonrad (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Kirk Dixon (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Dave Gottfried (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Sue Hunt (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Bill Levy (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Paula Mackrow (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Chris Olson (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Bob Patrick (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Vern Pilgrim (USGS Western Region) - Ship Captain
George Plafker (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Jeff Rupert (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Edith Stanley (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Mark Wheeler (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander

Location:

Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 59.96006 South: 57.71027 West: -152.519 East: -139.01447

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

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.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
Digitrack --- Single Beam
Survey information
gravity --- Gravity
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
Raw gravity data from analog meter s-10-79-eg.111_010 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
Raw gravity data from analog meter s-10-79-eg.111
underwatercamera --- Video
Photo
LoranC --- Navigation
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-10-79-eg.000
Survey information
dartcore --- Geology
Station Information
chaindredge --- Geology
16
03
19
39
01
02
04
05
06
18
11
17
23
20
43
21
24
Station Information
26
33
35
28
37
34
41
36
42
40
38
44
12
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
deadreckoning --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data s-10-79-eg.010_degree
Survey information
Lines
Dead reckoning data s-10-79-eg.010 (Provisional best file)
12khz --- Single Beam
Edited bathymetry data s-10-79-eg.335_010 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Survey information
Edited bathymetry data s-10-79-eg.335

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