AKA: none
Other ID: S-5-77-BS
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Hans Nelson
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Matt Larsen, Pat Wiberg
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Sampling: Biology, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Environmental Data: CTD
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Nome, AK and Nome, AK and Nome, AK
End Port/Location: Nome, AK and Nome, AK and Dutch Harbor, AK
Start Date: 1977-07-13
End Date: 1977-08-02
Equipment Used: miniranger, transitsatellite, radar, LoranC, 12khz, 3.5khz, magnetics, gravity, tempsalinometer, Hydroproducts, penetrometer, boxcore, gravitycore, vibratingcore, Soutargrab, VanDornbottle, waterbucket, minisparker, sidescansonar, uniboom, airgun, 200khz, Digitrack, underwatercamera, underwatertelevision, CTD, expendablebatthermograph
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Al McClenaghan, Bill Richmond, Bob Wilson, Carol Hirozawa, Chuck Totman, Dave Cacchione, Dave Drake, Ed Clukey, Helen Gibbons, Howard Sheppard, Jim Nicholson, John Rapp, John Saladin, John Whitney, Keith Kvenvolden, Matt Larsen, Michael Field, Ornulf Johannessen, Pat Wiberg, Rich Garlow, Roland Brady
Affiliate Staff:
Chuck Masters (Reston) - Geologist
Devin Thor - Geologist
Jan Johnson (Univ. of WA) - Geophysicist
Jeff Patry - Watchstander
Jim Howard (U. Georgia) - Geologist
Ken Holden - Geophysicist
Mark Sandstrom (UCLA) - Geochemist
Rick Brokaw (U. Georgia) - Watchstander
Ron Williams - Watchstander
Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
Bill Richmond - Watchstander
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Carol Hirozawa (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Chuck Masters (Reston) - Geologist
Chuck Totman - Watchstander
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Oceanographer
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Oceanographer
Devin Thor - Geologist
Ed Clukey (USGS Western Region) - Unsp Investigatr
Hans Nelson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Helen Gibbons (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Howard Sheppard - Chief Engineer
Jan Johnson (Univ. of WA) - Geophysicist
Jeff Patry - Watchstander
Jim Howard (U. Georgia) - Geologist
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
John Rapp - Geochemist
John Saladin - Electronics Technician
John Whitney - Geophysicist
Keith Kvenvolden (USGS Western Region) - Geochemist
Ken Holden - Geophysicist
Mark Sandstrom (UCLA) - Geochemist
Matt Larsen (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Mike Field (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Ornulf Johannessen - Chief Mate
Pat Wiberg - Dafe Curator
Rich Garlow (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Rick Brokaw (U. Georgia) - Watchstander
Roland Brady - Mechanical Technician
Ron Williams - Watchstander
Location:
Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 65.65355 | South: 54.26667 | West: -171.3 | East: -163.2375 |
Platform(s):
 Sea Sounder |
Kvenvolden, K.A., Rapp, J.B., and Nelson, H., 1978, Hydrocarbons of low molecular weight in sediments from Norton Sound, Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 62 no. 3, pp. 534–534.
Nelson, C.H., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1978, Thermogenic gas seep on the sea floor of Norton Sound: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1100, pp. 155–156.
Nelson, H., Kvenvolden, K.A., and Clukey, E.C., 1978, Thermogenic gases in near-surface sediments of Norton Sound, Alaska: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings 10(4), pp. 2623–2633.
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.
