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Field Activity Details for field activity S277EG

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-2-77-EG

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): George Plafker, Gary Winkler

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Sue Hunt, Paula Quinterno

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Sitka, AK

End Port/Location: Kodiak, AK

Start Date: 1977-06-05

End Date: 1977-06-15

Equipment Used: 12khz, 3.5khz, gravity, tempsalinometer, integratednavigation, miniranger, dartcore, chaindredge, uniboom, transit satellite, airgun, sparker

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Roland Brady, Warren Coonrad, John Dunlavey, Rich Garlow, Jack Hampson, Harry Hill, Sue Hunt, Ornulf Johannessen, Al McClenaghan, Paula Quinterno, Jeff Rupert, John Saladin, Howard Sheppard, Paula Shryrock, Andy Stevenson, Susan Winkler

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
Andy Stevenson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Gary Winkler (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
George Plafker (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Harry Hill (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Howard Sheppard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Jack Hampson (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Jeff Rupert (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
John Dunleauey (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Ornulf Johannessen (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
Paula Quinterno (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Paula Shryrock (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Rich Garlow (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Roland Brady (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Sue Hunt (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Susan Winkler (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Warren Coonrad (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander

Location:

Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 59.5472 South: 57.0789 West: -152.488 East: -135.38438

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Plafker, G., and Claypool, G., 1979, Petroleum source rock potential of rocks dredged from the continental slope in the eastern Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-295, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/0611/06115003/usgs_ofr79-295_06115003.pdf.

Plafker, G., Winkler, G.R., Hunt, S.J., Bartsch-Winkler, S., Coonrad, W.L., Quinterno, P., 1978, Outcrop samples from the continental slope in the eastern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0772-B, B97-B101 p.

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
12khz --- Single Beam
Edited bathymetry data with corrected depths s-2-77-eg.325
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Edited bathymetry data s-2-77-eg.335_011 (Provisional best file)
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-2-77-eg.305
Edited bathymetry data s-2-77-eg.335
Survey information
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
gravity --- Gravity
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
Station Information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data s-2-77-eg.011_degree
Dead reckoning data s-2-77-eg.011 (Provisional best file)
Lines
Survey information
miniranger --- Navigation
Raw Miniranger data s-2-77-eg.620
Miniranger Land Table in Lat/Long s-2-77-eg.640
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data s-2-77-eg.650
Survey information
dartcore --- Geology
Station Information
foram slides (data in holdings)
chaindredge --- Geology
Station Information
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
transit satellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-2-77-eg.000
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
sparker --- Sparker

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