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Field Activity Details for field activity S679NP

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-6-79-NP

Status: Completed

Organization(s):

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David Scholl, Tracy Vallier

Affiliate Investigator(s): Bill Menard

Information Specialist(s):

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Sitka, AK and Dutch Harbor, AK

End Port/Location: Dutch Harbor, AK and Dutch Harbor, AK

Start Date: 1979-06-20

End Date: 1979-07-20

Equipment Used: transitsatellite, RhoRho, 3.5khz, 12khz, magnetics, sparker, uniboom, airgun, chaindredge, gravity, integratednavigation, sonobuoy

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings

Staff: Glen Barker, Michael Boyle, Ed Buffington, Jonathan Childs, Scott Conard, Alan Cooper, Helen Gibbons, Margaret Goud, Chris Gutmacher, James Hein, Randy Koski, Mike Marlow, Hugh McLean, Gordon Pitt, Jeff Rupert, John Saladin, Andy Stevenson, Gordon Tanner, Mike Underwood

Affiliate Staff:
Frank Sherer - Ship Captain

Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Alan Cooper (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Andy Stevenson (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Bill Menard - Chief Scientist
Chris Gutmacher (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Dave Scholl (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Ed Buffington (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Frank Sherer - Ship Captain
Glen Barker - Mechanical Technician
Gordon Pitt (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
Gordon Tanner (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Helen Gibbons (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Hugh McLean (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Jeff Rupert (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Jim Hein (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jon Childs (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Margaret Goud (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Mike Marlow (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Mike Underwood (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Randy Koski (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Scott Conard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Tracy Vallier (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist

Location:

Northern Pacific

Boundaries
North: 57.06007 South: 50.56093 West: -176.4286 East: -135.35292

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Adamczyk, K., Mizell, K., Payan, D., Dominguez, N.O., Oliva, L., and Gartman, A., 2023, Marine mineral geochemical data - Part One: Pacific Ocean USGS-affiliated historical data: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GD1JKB.

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
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-6-79-np.000
RhoRho --- Navigation
Survey information
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Sediment thickness data s-6-79-np.345
Survey information
12khz --- Single Beam
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Edited bathymetry data s-6-79-np.335
Edited bathymetry data s-6-79-np.335_074 (Provisional best file)
Tape list
Survey information
magnetics --- Magnetics
Edited magnetics data s-6-79-np.220_074 (Provisional best file)
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
Raw magnetics data s-6-79-np.200_074
Raw magnetics data s-6-79-np.200
sparker --- Sparker
image2segy (data on FAD)
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information 2
Survey information
chaindredge --- Geology
09
01
13
17
02
04
05
06
07
08
12
14
16
19
20
21a
22
23
25
Station log
Station Information
gravity --- Gravity
Raw gravity data from analog meter s-6-79-np.111
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
Free Air Anomaly data s-6-79-np.165
Free Air Anomaly data s-6-79-np.165_074 (Provisional best file)
Survey information
integratednavigation --- Navigation
Integrated navigation (SINS) data s-6-79-np.051_410 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data s-6-79-np.010
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data s-6-79-np.074_30min
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data s-6-79-np.074_30min2
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data s-6-79-np.074_degree
Eotvos/course/speed/distance data s-6-79-np.074 (Provisional best file)
Lines
Survey information
sonobuoy --- Sonobuoy
Survey information
sonobuoy (data on FAD)

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