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Field Activity Details for field activity S168NS

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-1-68-NS

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Gary Greene

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video, Seismics: Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1968-07-23

End Date: 1968-09-17

Equipment Used: radar, RayDist, VanVeengrab, underwatertelevision, seismograph

Information to be Derived: Texture, heavy minerals, foraminifera, pebble roundness, lithology.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Eugene Richards (Surveyor) - Ship Captain

Notes:

Staff information imported from InfoBank
Gary Greene (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Eugene Richards (Surveyor) - Ship Captain

Location:

Alaska

Boundaries
North: 65 South: 63 West: -168 East: -160

Platform(s):

photo of Surveyor
Surveyor

Publications

Nelson, C.H., Hopkins, D.M., 1972, Sedimentary processes and distribution of particulate gold in the northern Bering Sea: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 689, http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/o/o168ns/meta/o-1-68-ns.pp_689Cite.pdf.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
radar --- Navigation
RayDist --- Navigation
VanVeengrab --- Geology
underwatertelevision --- Video
seismograph --- Ocean Bottom Seismometer

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