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Field Activity Details for field activity S577BS

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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):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

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.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
miniranger --- Navigation
Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data s-5-77-bs.650
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-5-77-bs.050_degree
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-5-77-bs.050 (Provisional best file)
Lines
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Survey information
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Survey information
Satellite data s-5-77-bs.000
radar --- Navigation
Survey information
LoranC --- Navigation
12khz --- Single Beam
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Scan3 00000007.tif
Tape list
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Survey information
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Scan2 00000023.tif
Scan2 00000027.tif
Scan3 00000015.tif
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Scan 00000056.tif
Scan 00000042.tif
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
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Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-5-77-bs.301
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-5-77-bs.301_050 (Provisional best file)
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Scan 00000054.tif
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Scan 00000051.tif
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Scan 00000049.tif
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Scan 00000041.tif
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Scan2 00000017.tif
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Scan3 00000016.tif
Scan3 00000013.tif
Scan 00000031.tif
Scan 00000015.tif
Scan 00000011.tif
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Scan 00000022.tif
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Survey information
magnetics --- Magnetics
gravity --- Gravity
Survey information
tempsalinometer --- Conductivity
Temperature
Station Information
Hydroproducts --- Chemistry
Station Information
penetrometer --- Geology
Station Information
boxcore --- Biology
Geology
b28a
b47a
b32
b15b
b15a
b46
b16a
b16b
b19a
b19b
b20a
b20b
b21a
b21b
b22a
b22b
b24a
b24b
b25a
b25b
b27a
b27b
b29a
b29b
b31a
b31b
b47b
b48
Station Information
Station log
gravitycore --- Geology
Station Information
vibratingcore --- Geology
v15c
v16
v17
v33
v36a
v36b
v37
v38
v39
Station Information
v14
Soutargrab --- Geology
Station Information3
g42
g44
Station Information
Station Information2
g35
VanDornbottle --- Chemistry
Station Information
waterbucket --- Chemistry
Station Information
minisparker --- Sparker
Survey information
sidescansonar --- Sidescan
Survey information
uniboom --- Boomer
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Scan 00000029.tif
Scan 00000030.tif
Scan 00000031.tif
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Scan 00000035.tif
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Scan 00000005.tif
Scan 00000006.tif
Scan 00000007.tif
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Scan 00000011.tif
Scan 00000012.tif
Scan 00000013.tif
Scan 00000014.tif
Scan s-5-77-bs.cstest.tif
Scan s-5-77-bs.full.1.tif
Scan s-5-77-bs.full.2.tif
Survey information
Scan s-5-77-bs.small.1.tif
Scan s-5-77-bs.small.2.tif
Scan 00000015.tif
Scan 00000016.tif
Scan 00000017.tif
Scan 00000018.tif
Scan 00000019.tif
Scan 00000020.tif
Scan 00000021.tif
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Scan 00000023.tif
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Scan 00000037.tif
Scan 00000038.tif
Scan 00000039.tif
Scan 00000040.tif
Scan 00000041.tif
Scan 00000042.tif
Scan 00000043.tif
Image s-5-77-bs.thumb.1.jpg
Scan 00000044.tif
Scan 00000045.tif
Scan 00000046.tif
Scan 00000047.tif
Scan 00000048.tif
Scan 00000049.tif
Scan 00000050.tif
Scan 00000051.tif
Scan 00000052.tif
Scan 00000053.tif
Scan 00000054.tif
Image s-5-77-bs.thumb.2.jpg
Scan 00000026.tif
Scan 00000027.tif
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
200khz --- Single Beam
Survey information
Digitrack --- Single Beam
Survey information
underwatercamera --- Photo
Station Information
underwatertelevision --- Video
Survey information
CTD --- Surveys (geochemical)
Experiments (geochemical)
CTD
Station Information
geoprobe quarterly reports (data in PCMSC holdings)
expendablebatthermograph --- Temperature
Station Information

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