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Field Activity Details for field activity S1179EG

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-11-79-EG

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Bruce Molnia

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Yakutat, AK and Yakutat, AK and Yakutat, AK and Yakutat, AK

End Port/Location: Yakutat, AK and Yakutat, AK and Yakutat, AK and Juneau, AK

Start Date: 1979-09-23

End Date: 1979-10-15

Equipment Used: vibratingcore, gravitycore, 12khz, 3.5khz, bathmagnav, transitsatellite, integratednavigation, miniranger, uniboom, uniboomminisparker, airgun, sidescansonar, LoranC, minisparker, underwatertelevision

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff: Tom Atwood, Paul Bates, Ken Bayer, Michael Boyle, Scott Conard, Jon Erickson, Ken Johnson, Jim Nicholson, Chris Olson, Kevin O'Toole, Vern Pilgrim, John Rapp, Denree Smith, Edith Stanley, Jed Tooke, Mark Yeats

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: subsample request on file.
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Molnia (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Chris Olson (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Denree Smith (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Edith Stanley (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Jed Tooke (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jon Erickson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
John Rapp (USGS Western Region) - Geochemist
Ken Bayer (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Ken Johnson (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Mark Yeats (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Nancy Hardin (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Paul Bates (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Scott Conard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Tom Atwood (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Vern Pilgrim - Ship Captain

Location:

Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 60.0204 South: 58.1598 West: -140.1985 East: -134.09621

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., and Wheeler, M.C., 1980, Seafloor geologic hazards in OCS lease area 55, eastern Gulf of Alaska: Offshore Technology Conference Proceeding 4(12), pp. 593–603.

Carlson, P.R., Powell, R.D., and Phillips, A.C., 1992, Submarine sedimentary features on a fjord delta front, Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 29 no. 3, pp. 565–573, doi: 10.1139/e92-049.

Carlson, P.R., Powell, Ross D., and Rearic, Douglas M., 1989, Turbidity- current channels in Queen Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Science, v. 26, pp. 807–820.

Seramur, K.C., Powell, Ross D., and Carlson, Paul R., 1997, Evaluation of conditions along the grounding line of temperate marine glaciers: an exmaple from Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska: Marine Geology, v. 140, pp. 307–327.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
vibratingcore --- Geology
Station Information
gravitycore --- Geology
subsample request (request on FAD)
36
Station Information
12khz --- Single Beam
Raw bathymetry travel-time (Digitrack) data s-11-79-eg.310
Raw bathymetry travel-time (Digitrack) data s-11-79-eg.310_011
Bathymetry SKIPNSAVE control data s-11-79-eg.380
Tape list
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Survey information
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Sediment thickness data s-11-79-eg.340
Sediment thickness data s-11-79-eg.341
Survey information
bathmagnav --- Magnetics
Navigation
Single Beam
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-11-79-eg.001
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data s-11-79-eg.011 (Provisional best file)
Dead reckoning data s-11-79-eg.011_degree
Lines
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-11-79-eg.050
Survey information
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data s-11-79-eg.620
Survey information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
uniboomminisparker --- Boomer
Sparker
Survey information
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
LoranC --- Navigation
minisparker --- Sparker
underwatertelevision --- Video

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