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Field Activity Details for field activity S276WG

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-2-76-WG,SEA2-76-WG

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Arnold Bouma, Monty Hampton

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

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Start Date: 1976-06-19

End Date: 1976-07-08

Equipment Used: airgunarcer, uniboom, minisparker, sparker, sidescansonar, 3.5khz, gravity, dartcore, pistoncore, boxcore, gravitycore, chaindredge, pipedredge, Shipekgrab, VanVeengrab, Dietz-LaFondgrab, underwatercamera, underwatertelevision, integratednavigation, miniranger, transit satellite, grab

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Roland Brady, Jim Evans, Tom Frost, Rich Garlow, Al McClenaghan, Dave McTique, Kelly Mitchell, George Moore, Bob Orlando, Don Phillips, Gordon Tanner, Michael Torresan, Bruce Turner

Affiliate Staff:
Mark Sandstrom (UCLA) - Unspecified
Ivan Colburn (CSULA) - Unspecified
Stuart Burbach (Texas A&M Univ) - Unspecified
Nelson Robinson Jr. (Texas A&M Univ) - Unspecified
Scott Morgan (SFSU) - Unspecified
Ronald Murray (Navoceano) - Unspecified

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Arnold Bouma (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
George Moore (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Bruce Turner (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Gordon Tanner (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Tom Frost (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Bob Orlando (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Roland Brady (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Richard Garlow (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Dave McTique (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Jim Evans (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified
Mark Sandstrom (UCLA) - Unspecified
Ivan Colburn (CSULA) - Unspecified
Stuart Burbach (Texas A&M Univ) - Unspecified
Nelson Robinson Jr. (Texas A&M Univ) - Unspecified
Mike Torresan (SFSU) - Unspecified
Scott Morgan (SFSU) - Unspecified
Ronald Murray (Navoceano) - Unspecified
Al McClenaghan - Captain
Don Phillips - Chief Engineer
Kelly Mitchell - First Mate

Location:

Western Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 60.16699 South: 57.35474 West: -153.884 East: -149.09331

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1978, Tidally influenced migration of sandwaves in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Congres International de Sedimentologie, v. 10 no. 1, pp. 79–79.

Bouma, A.H., Hampton, M.A., and Orlando, R.C., 1977, Sand waves and other bedforms in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, in Richards, A.F., ed., Marine slope stability: Marine Geotechnology, v. 2, pp. 291–308.

Bouma, A.H., Hampton, M.A., and Wennekens, M.P., 1977, Large dunes and other bedforms in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Offshore Technology Conference 9(1), pp. 79–90.

Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1986, Environmental geology: In: Magoon, L.B. (Ed.), Geologic studies of the lower Cook Inlet COST no. 1 well, Alaska outer continental shelf. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1596, pp. 11–15.

Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1979, Movement of bedforms in the lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1150, pp. 152–152, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1150.

Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1976, Preliminary report on the surface and shallow subsurface geology of lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-695, pp. 1–42, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr76695.

Bouma, A.H., Hampton, M.A., Frost, T.P., Torresan, M.E., Orlando, R.C., and Whitney, J.W., 1978, Bottom characteristics of Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-236, 93 p.

Bouma, A.H., Hampton, M.A., Whitney, J.W., and Noonan, W.G., 1978, Physiography of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-728, pp. 1–17, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr78728.

Bouma, A.H., Rappeport, M.L., Orlando, R.C., Cacchione, D.A., Drake, D.E., Garrison, L.E., and Hampton, M.A., 1979, Bedform characteristics and sand transport in a region of large sand waves, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings 11(2), pp. 1083–1094.

Fisher, M.A., von Huene, Roland, and Hampton, Monty A.,, 1984, Summary geologic report for petroleum lease sale 100, Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0024, 49 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr8424.

Hampton, M.A., 1983, Geotechnical framework study of the Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0171, 87 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr83171.

Hampton, M.A., 1982, Synthesis report; environmental geology of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0197, 55 p.

Hampton, M.A.,, 1981, Grain Size and Composition of Seafloor Sediment, Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-659, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/0605/06055002/usgs_ofr81-659_06055002.pdf.

Hampton, M.A.,, 1982, Synthesis report; environmental geology of Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0059, 76 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr8259.

Hampton, M.A., and Bouma, A.H., 1977, Seismic reflection records showing stable and unstable slopes near the shelf break, western Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-0702, 31 p.

Hampton, M.A., and Bouma, Arnold H., 1976, Seismic profiles of lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Shelf, R/V Sea Sounder, June-July 1976: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-0848, 6 p.

Hampton, M.A., 1979, Geological considerations for engineering activities on the Kodiak Shelf and upper slope: International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions Proceedings 2(5), pp. 935–949.

Hampton, M.A., 1989, Geotechnical properties of sediment on the Kodiak continental shelf and upper slope, Gulf of Alaska: Marine Geotechnology, v. 8 no. 2, pp. 159–180.

Hampton, M.A., 1982, Lower Cook Inlet environmental geology, in Bruns, T. R., ed., Hydrocarbon resource report for proposed OCS lease sale 88; southeastern Alaska, northern Gulf of Alaska, Cook Inlet, and Shelikof Strait, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0928, pp. 95–105.

Hampton, M.A., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1981, Geology and geochemistry of gas-charged sediment on Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: Geo-Marine Letter, v. 1 no. 2, pp. 141–147.

Hampton, M.A., Carlson, Paul R., Lee, Homa J., and Feely, Richard A., 1986, Geomorphology, sediment, and sedimentary processes, Hood, Donald W., and Zimmerman, Steven T., eds., The Gulf of Alaska; physical environment and biological resources: Seattle, WA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Hein, J.R., Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1977, Distribution of clay minerals in lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Shelf sediment, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-581, https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr77581.

Hein, J.R., Bouma, A.H., Hampton, M.A., and Ross, C.R., 1979, Clay mineralogy, fine-grained sediment dispersal, and inferred current patterns, lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak shelf, Alaska: Sedimentary Geology, v. 24 no. 3-4, pp. 291–306.

Magoon, L.B., Bouma, A.H., Fisher, M.A., Hampton, M.A., Scott, E.W., and Wilson, C.L., 1979, Resource report for proposed OCS sale no. 60, lower Cook Inlet-Shelikof Strait, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-600, 38 p.

Magoon, L.B., Adkison, W.L., Chmelik, F.B., Dolton, G.L., Fisher, M.A., Hampton, M.A., Sable, E.G., and Smith, R.A., 1976, Hydrocarbon potential, geologic hazards, and infrastructure for exploration and development of the lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-0449, 132 p.

Molnia, B.F., Hampton, M.A., Bouma, A.H., Cacchione, D.A., and Drake, D.E., 1980, Alaskan Continental Shelf sediment dynamics: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, pp. 156–157.

Molnia, B.F., Hampton, M.A., Bouma, A.H., Nelson, C.H., Thor, D.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., and Redden, G.D., 1980, Gas-charged sediments and associated features of the Alaskan Continental Shelf: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, pp. 157–158.

Nio, S.D., van den Berg, J.H., Goesten, M., and Smulders, F., 1980, Dynamics and sequential analysis of a mesotidal shoal and intershoal channel complex in the eastern Scheldt (southwestern Netherlands), in Bouma, A.H., Gorsline, D.S., Monty, C., and Allen, G.P., eds., Shallow marine processes and products: Sedimentary Geology, v. 26 no. 1-3, pp. 263–279.

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.

von Huene, R., Bouma, Arnold H., Moore, G., Hampton, M., Smith, R., and Dolton, G., 1976, A summary of petroleum potential, environmental geology, and the technology, time frame and infrastructure for exploration and development of the western Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-0325, 75 p.

von Huene, R., Hampton, M.A., Fischer, M.A., Varchol, D.J., and Cochrane, G.R., 1980, Map showing near-surface geologic structures of Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1200, 1 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/mf/mf1200.

Whitney, J.W., Noonan, W.G., Thurston, D., Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1979, Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska; do those large sand waves migrate? Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings 11(2), pp. 1071–1082.

Wong, F.L., 1983, Heavy mineral data from lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0782, 4 p.

Wong, F.L., 1984, Heavy minerals in surficial sediments from lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 4 no. 1, pp. 25–30.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
airgunarcer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
uniboom --- Boomer
minisparker --- Sparker
sparker --- Sparker
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-2-76-wg.305
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-2-76-wg.305_010 (Provisional best file)
gravity --- Gravity
dartcore --- Geology
pistoncore --- Geology
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
gravitycore --- Geology
02g1
Station Information
chaindredge --- Geology
21d1
Station Information
pipedredge --- Geology
Shipekgrab --- Geology
VanVeengrab --- Geology
Dietz-LaFondgrab --- Geology
underwatercamera --- Video
Photo
underwatertelevision --- Video
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Dead reckoning data s-2-76-wg.010 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data s-2-76-wg.010_degree
miniranger --- Navigation
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data s-2-76-wg.650
Raw Miniranger data s-2-76-wg.620
Miniranger Land Table in Lat/Long s-2-76-wg.640
transit satellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-2-76-wg.000
grab --- Geology
14s1
18s3
16s1
39s1
19s1
22s3
01v1
03v2
04v1
05v1
06v1
07s1
07v1
08s1
09v1
10v4
11v2
12v2
13v1
14v1
15s1
17s1
18s2
23s2
24s1
25s1
26s1
Station Information
27s1
28s1
29s2
30s2
31s2
32s1
33s2
34s3
35s1
36s2
37s1
38s1
41s1
42s1
43s1
44s2
45s1
46s1
47s1
48s1
49s1
50s1
Station log

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