AKA: none
Other ID: S-8-77-EG
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Paul Carlson, Bruce Molnia
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Seward, AK
End Port/Location: Yakutat, AK
Start Date: 1977-10-12
End Date: 1977-10-22
Equipment Used: integratednavigation, miniranger, 3.5khz, 12khz, minisparker, gravity, magnetics, tempsalinometer, uniboom, gravitycore, Hydroplastcore, pistoncore, VanDornbottle, airgun, sparker
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Arnold Bouma, Ed Clukey, Monty Hampton, Ornulf Johannessen, Keith Kvenvolden, Bill Levy, Al McClenaghan, Graig McHendrie, George Redden, Howard Sheppard, Gordon Tanner, Michael Torresan, Steve Wallace, Bob Wilson
Affiliate Staff:
Dick Heyer - Geophysicist
Dwight Sangrey - Geologist
Bill Schwab - Geologist
Jerry Shearer - Geologist
John Sims - Geologist
Carl Thiele - Geophysicist
Notes: Subsample request on file
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Arnold Bouma (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Ed Clukey (USGS Western Region) - Unsp Investigatr
Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Dick Heyer - Geophysicist
Ornulf Johannessen - Chief Mate
Keith Kvenvolden (USGS Western Region) - Geochemist
Bill Levy - Navigator
Al McClenaghan - Ship Captain
Graig McHendrie (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Bruce Molnia (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
George Redden - Geochemist
Dwight Sangrey - Geologist
Bill Schwab - Geologist
Jerry Shearer - Geologist
Howard Sheppard - Chief Engineer
John Sims - Geologist
Gordon Tanner (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Carl Thiele - Geophysicist
Mike Torresan (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Steve Wallace (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Location:
Eastern Gulf of Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 60.30769 | South: 59.49275 | West: -149.43 | East: -139.66083 |
Platform(s):
 Sea Sounder |
Carlson P.R., and M., B.F., 1977, Faulting, instability, erosion, and deposition of shelf sediments, eastern Gulf of Alaska, in Environmental assessment of the Alaskan continental shelf; Hazards: Boulder, CO, U.S. Department of Commerce Environmental Resource Laboratories.
Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., and Quinterno, P., 1978, Transport of inner shelf sediment into glacially scoured troughs, northeastern Gulf of Alaska: American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 59 no. 12, pp. 1109–1109.
Hampton, M.A., Bouma, A.H., Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., Clukey, E.C., and Sangrey, D.A., 1978, Quantitative study of slope instability in the Gulf of Alaska: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings, v. 10 no. 4, pp. 2307–2318.
Hampton, M.A., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1981, Geology and geochemistry of gas-charged sediment on Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: Geo-Marine Letter, v. 1 no. 2, pp. 141–147.
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.
Kvenvolden, K.A., Redden, G.D., and Carlson, P.R., 1977, Hydrocarbon gases in sediments of eastern Gulf of Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 61 no. 5, pp. 806–806.
Kvenvolden, K.A., 1980, Geochemical/geophysical prospecting for hydrocarbons in marine sediments, offshore Alaska, U.S.A: Congres Geologique Internationale Resumes 26(2), pp. 781–781.
Molnia, B.F., 1978, Environmental geologic studies, northeastern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1100, pp. 153–155.
Molnia, B.F., and Carlson, P.R, 1978, Surface sedimentary units of northern Gulf of Alaska continental shelf: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 62 no. 4, pp. 633–643.
Molnia, B.F., Carlson, P.R., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1978, Gas-charged sediment areas in the northern Gulf of Alaska: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 458–459.
Molnia, B.F., Carlson, P.R., and Levy, W.P., 1978, Holocene sediment volume and modern sediment yield, Northeast Gulf of Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 62 no. 3, pp. 545–545.
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., Levy, W.P., and Carlson, P.R., 1980, Map showing Holocene sedimentation rates in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1170, 1 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.
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.
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.
Redden, G.D., Weliky, K., Kvenvolden, K.A., and Hampton, M.A., 1980, Geochemistry of low molecular weight hydrocarbons in sediment of the western Gulf of Alaska: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 148–148.
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.
