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Field Activity Details for field activity S375EG

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-3-75-EG,EGAL-75-KC

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Bruce Molnia

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Paul Fuller

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kodiak, AK and Port Etches, AK and Cordova, AK

End Port/Location: Port Etches, AK and Cordova, AK and Seward, AK

Start Date: 1975-05-05

End Date: 1975-05-17

Equipment Used: gradiometer, 3.5khz, sparker, minisparker, magnetics, navigation

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Steve Davenport, Paul Fuller, Anne Hickling, Samuel Johnson, Milton Randall, Harry Smith, Gordon Tanner, Don VanNieuwenhuise, Jeff Yarus

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Bruce Molnia (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Paul Fuller (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Coordinator
Gordon Tanner (USGS Western Region) - Electronic Technician
Steve Davenport (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Anne Hickling (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Sam Johnson (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Milton Randall (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Harry Smith (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Don VanNieuwenhuise (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Jeff Yarus (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander

Location:

Eastern Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 60.625 South: 57.72999 West: -152.375 East: -138.48499

Platform(s):

photo of Surveyor
Surveyor

Publications

Carlson, P.R., and Molnia, Bruce F., 1976, Submarine mass movement of Holocene sediments seaward of the Copper River: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0733, pp. 55–56.

Carlson, P.R., and Schwab, William C., 1982, Northern Gulf of Alaska 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. 73–86.

Carlson, P.R., Bruns, Terry R., Molnia, Bruce F., and Schwab, William C., 1982, Submarine valleys in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska; characteristics and probable origin: Marine Geology, v. 47 no. 3-4, pp. 217–242.

Molnia, B.F., Carlson, P.R., and Wright, L.H., 1978, Geophysical data from the 1975 cruise of the NOAA ship Surveyor in northern Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-209, 42 p.

Molnia, B.F., and Carlson, Paul R., 1976, Surface sedimentary units of the northern Gulf of Alaska continental shelf: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0733, pp. 56–57.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
gradiometer --- Magnetics
Free Air Anomaly data s-3-75-eg.161
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
Free Air Anomaly data s-3-75-eg.161_052 (Provisional best file)
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-3-75-eg.305_052 (Provisional best file)
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-3-75-eg.305
sparker --- Sparker
minisparker --- Sparker
magnetics --- Magnetics
navigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-3-75-eg.052 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format

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