AKA: none
Other ID: S-5-78-EG
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): George Plafker, Paul Carlson
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Single Beam, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Boomer
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Juneau, AK
End Port/Location: Yakutat, AK
Start Date: 1978-06-23
End Date: 1978-07-12
Equipment Used: transitsatellite, LoranC, integratednavigation, 12khz, 3.5khz, magnetics, airgunarcer, gravitycore, chaindredge, radar, minisparker, uniboom
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Art Conradi, Bill Levy, Bob Wilson, Edith Stanley, Glen Thrasher, John Laingor, John Saladin, Mark Wheeler, Paula Quinterno, Ron Schmitz, Sue Hunt, Tom Atwood, Warren Coonrad, Bill Soule
Affiliate Staff:
Bill Schwab - Watchstander
K. Simpson - Ship Captain
Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Art Conradi - Navigator
Bill Levy - Navigator
Bill Schwab - Watchstander
Bob Wilson - Mechanical Technician
Edith Stanley - Navigator
George Plafker (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Glen Thrasher - Watchstander
John Laingor - Chief Mate
John Saladin - Electronics Technician
K. Simpson - Ship Captain
Mark Wheeler - Watchstander
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Paula Quinterno (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Ron Schmitz - Electronics Technician
Sue Hunt (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Tom Atwood - Watchstander
Warren Coonrad - Watchstander
Bill Soule - Chief Engineer
Location:
Eastern Gulf of Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 59.62197 | South: 56.04063 | West: -146.1935 | East: -134.25795 |
Platform(s):
 Sea Sounder |
Bruns, T.R., von Huene, Roland, Carlson, Paul R., and Keller, G. Randy, 1983, The eastern Gulf of Alaska transcurrent plate boundary and the migration of terranes, in Tectonique cassante en distension et coulissement; seance specialisee de la Societe Geologique du Nord: Societe Geologique du Nord Annales, v. 103 no. 2-3, pp. 325–331.
Carlson, P.R., Bruns, Terry R., and Plafker, George,, 1988, Late Cenozoic offsets on the offshore connection between the Fairweather and Queen Charlotte faults off Southeast Alaska: Marine Geology, v. 85 no. 1, pp. 89–97.
Carlson, P.R., Plafker, George, and Bruns, T.R., 1985, Map and selected seismic profiles of the seaward extension of the Fairweather Fault, eastern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1722, 2 p.
Carlson, P.R., Plafker, George, and Bruns, Terry R., 1981, Seaward extension of the Fairweather Fault on the southeastern Alaska shelf, in American Geophysical Union; 27th annual Pacific Northwest regional meeting: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 65 no. 5, pp. 60–60.
Carlson, P.R., Plafker, George, Bruns, Terry R., and Levy, William P., 1979, Seaward extension of the Fairweather Fault: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0804-B, B135-B139 p.
Molnia, B.F., and Carlson, P.R., 1980, Quaternary sedimentary facies of the northeast Gulf of Alaska Continental Shelf: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, pp. 158–159.
Nelson, C.H., Kvenvolden, K.A., and Thor, D.R., 1979, Seafloor thermogenic gas seep, Norton Sound: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1150, pp. 154–155.
Plafker, G., Bruns, T.R., Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., Scott, E.W., Kahler, R., and Wilson, C., 1978, Petroleum potential, geologic hazards, and technology for exploration in the outer continental shelf of the Gulf of Alaska Tertiary province: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-490, 50 p.
Plafker, G., Carlson, Paul R., Coonrad, Warren L., Hunt, Susan J., and Quinterno, Paula, 1979, Geologic implications of 1978 outcrop sample data from the continental slope in the eastern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Circular 0804-B, B143-B146 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.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| transitsatellite | --- | Navigation | Survey information Satellite data s-5-78-eg.000 |
| LoranC | --- | Navigation | |
| integratednavigation | --- | Navigation | Dead reckoning data s-5-78-eg.011_degree Dead reckoning data s-5-78-eg.011 (Provisional best file) Lines Survey information Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format |
| 12khz | --- | Single Beam | Edited bathymetry data s-5-78-eg.330 Edited bathymetry data s-5-78-eg.330_011 (Provisional best file) Tape list NGDC MGD77 data - bathy Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-5-78-eg.301 Survey information |
| 3.5khz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | Survey information |
| magnetics | --- | Magnetics | |
| airgunarcer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | Survey information image2segy (data on FAD) |
| gravitycore | --- | Geology | Station Information |
| chaindredge | --- | Geology | 37 34 21 22 23 26 27 32 33 35 36 38 40 41 43 44 45 Station Information |
| radar | --- | Navigation | Survey information |
| minisparker | --- | Sparker | Survey information seismic (data on FAD) |
| uniboom | --- | Boomer | Survey information |
