AKA: none
Other ID: S-7-78-WG
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Dave Cacchione, Dave Drake
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: CTD, Environmental Data: Temperature, Environmental Data: Turbidity, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam, Time Series: Mooring (physical oceanography)
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Seward, AK
End Port/Location: Homer, AK
Start Date: 1978-07-24
End Date: 1978-07-31
Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, sidescansonar, transmissometer, tempsalinometer, Geoprobe, underwatertelevision, core, underwatercamera, CTD, Hydroproducts, gravitycore, Soutargrab, VanVeengrab, VanDornbottle, uniboom, integratednavigation, miniranger, transitsatellite, airgun, sparker
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings
Staff: Arnold Bouma, Ed Clukey, Jim Gardner, Monty Hampton, Carol Madison, Jim Nicholson, Bob Patrick, Mel Rappeport, George Tate, Chuck Totman, Pat Wiberg, Bob Wilson
Affiliate Staff:
Bill Schwab (USGS Woods Hole) - Watchstander
Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Arnold Bouma (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Dave Cacchione (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Ed Clukey (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Dave Drake (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Jim Gardner (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Bob Patrick (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Mel Rappeport - Navigator
Bill Schwab (USGS Woods Hole) - Watchstander
George Tate (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Chuck Totman - Watchstander
Pat Wiberg - Dafe Curator
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Location:
Western Gulf of Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 60.11875 | South: 58.65558 | West: -152.794 | East: -149.37936 |
Platform(s):
 Sea Sounder |
Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1986, Environmental geology: In: Magoon, L.B. (Ed.), Geologic studies of the lower Cook Inlet COST no. 1 well, Alaska outer continental shelf. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1596, pp. 11–15.
Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1978, High resolution seismic profiles, side scan sonar records, and sampling locations from lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak Shelf, R/V SEA SOUNDER cruise S7-77-WG, September-October 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-727, pp. 1–25, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr78727.
Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1979, Movement of bedforms in the lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1150, pp. 152–152, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1150.
Bouma, A.H., Rappeport, M.L., Orlando, R.C., Cacchione, D.A., Drake, D.E., Garrison, L.E., and Hampton, M.A., 1979, Bedform characteristics and sand transport in a region of large sand waves, lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings 11(2), pp. 1083–1094.
Hampton, M.A., 1982, Synthesis report; environmental geology of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0197, 55 p.
Hampton, M.A., 1982, Lower Cook Inlet 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. 95–105.
Hampton, M.A., Carlson, Paul R., Lee, Homa J., and Feely, Richard A., 1986, Geomorphology, sediment, and sedimentary processes, Hood, Donald W., and Zimmerman, Steven T., eds., The Gulf of Alaska; physical environment and biological resources: Seattle, WA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Magoon, L.B., Bouma, A.H., Fisher, M.A., Hampton, M.A., Scott, E.W., and Wilson, C.L., 1979, Resource report for proposed OCS sale no. 60, lower Cook Inlet-Shelikof Strait, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-600, 38 p.
Molnia, B.F., Hampton, M.A., Bouma, A.H., Cacchione, D.A., and Drake, D.E., 1980, Alaskan Continental Shelf sediment dynamics: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, pp. 156–157.
Molnia, B.F., Hampton, M.A., Bouma, A.H., Nelson, C.H., Thor, D.R., Kvenvolden, K.A., and Redden, G.D., 1980, Gas-charged sediments and associated features of the Alaskan Continental Shelf: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, pp. 157–158.
Nio, S.D., van den Berg, J.H., Goesten, M., and Smulders, F., 1980, Dynamics and sequential analysis of a mesotidal shoal and intershoal channel complex in the eastern Scheldt (southwestern Netherlands), in Bouma, A.H., Gorsline, D.S., Monty, C., and Allen, G.P., eds., Shallow marine processes and products: Sedimentary Geology, v. 26 no. 1-3, pp. 263–279.
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.
Whitney, J.W., Noonan, W.G., Thurston, D., Bouma, A.H., and Hampton, M.A., 1979, Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska; do those large sand waves migrate? Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings 11(2), pp. 1071–1082.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5khz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | Survey information |
| 12khz | --- | Single Beam | Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-7-78-wg.301 Edited bathymetry data s-7-78-wg.330 Survey information Edited bathymetry data s-7-78-wg.330_010 (Provisional best file) NGDC MGD77 data - bathy |
| sidescansonar | --- | Sidescan | Survey information |
| transmissometer | --- | Turbidity | Station Information |
| tempsalinometer | --- | Conductivity Temperature | Station Information |
| Geoprobe | --- | Mooring (physical oceanography) | Station Information |
| underwatertelevision | --- | Video | Survey information |
| core | --- | Biology Geology | |
| underwatercamera | --- | Photo | Station Information |
| CTD | --- | Surveys (geochemical) Experiments (geochemical) CTD | Station Information |
| Hydroproducts | --- | Chemistry | Station Information |
| gravitycore | --- | Geology | |
| Soutargrab | --- | Geology | |
| VanVeengrab | --- | Geology | |
| VanDornbottle | --- | Chemistry | |
| uniboom | --- | Boomer | |
| integratednavigation | --- | Navigation | Dead reckoning data s-7-78-wg.010 (Provisional best file) Dead reckoning data s-7-78-wg.010_degree Lines Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format |
| miniranger | --- | Navigation | Raw Miniranger data s-7-78-wg.620 Miniranger Land Table in Lat/Long s-7-78-wg.640 Lat/Long/UTM/State Plane data s-7-78-wg.650 |
| transitsatellite | --- | Navigation | Satellite data s-7-78-wg.000 |
| airgun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | |
| sparker | --- | Sparker |
