AKA: none
Other ID: S-7-79-WG
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Terry Bruns
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Dutch Harbor, AK
End Port/Location: Kodiak, AK
Start Date: 1979-07-20
End Date: 1979-07-25
Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, airgun, gravity, chaindredge, integratednavigation, transitsatellite, LoranC, magnetics
Information to be Derived: Bathymetry, seismic reflection profiles, magnetics, gravity, samples.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: physical data holdings
Staff: Scott Conard, Terry Edgar, Jon Erickson, Helen Gibbons, Margaret Goud, Ken Johnson, Randy Koski, Jim Nicholson, Gordon Pitt, Ron Schmitz, Andy Stevenson, Mike Underwood, Bob Wilson
Affiliate Staff:
Bill Schwab (USGS Woods Hole) - Geophysicist
Frank Scherer - Ship Captain
Notes: Staff information imported from InfoBank
Andy Stevenson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Bill Schwab (USGS Woods Hole) - Geophysicist
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Frank Scherer - Ship Captain
Gordon Pitt (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
Helen Gibbons (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Jon Erickson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Ken Johnson (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Margaret Goud (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Mike Underwood (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Randy Koski (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Ron Schmitz - Electronics Technician
Scott Conard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Terry Bruns (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Terry Edgar - Geophysicist
Location:
Western Gulf of Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 56.72238 | South: 53.14613 | West: -166.502 | East: -153.35068 |
Platform(s):
 Sea Sounder |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5khz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | Survey information |
| 12khz | --- | Single Beam | Tape list Edited bathymetry data s-7-79-wg.335 Edited bathymetry data s-7-79-wg.335_011 (Provisional best file) Survey information NGDC MGD77 data - bathy |
| airgun | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun | Survey information |
| gravity | --- | Gravity | Free Air Anomaly data s-7-79-wg.160_011 (Provisional best file) Raw gravity data from analog meter s-7-79-wg.111 Gravity land tie data s-7-79-wg.140 Free Air Anomaly data s-7-79-wg.160 Free Air Anomaly data s-7-79-wg.161 Survey information NGDC MGD77 data - gravity |
| chaindredge | --- | Geology | 002 003 004 Station Information |
| integratednavigation | --- | Navigation | Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format Dead reckoning data s-7-79-wg.011 (Provisional best file) Dead reckoning data s-7-79-wg.011_degree Survey information Lines |
| transitsatellite | --- | Navigation | Satellite data s-7-79-wg.000 Survey information |
| LoranC | --- | Navigation | Survey information |
| magnetics | --- | Magnetics |
