AKA: none
Other ID: S-8B-79-WG,S879WG
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Arnold Bouma, Monty Hampton
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Environmental Data: Temperature, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Homer, AK
End Port/Location: Kodiak, AK
Start Date: 1979-08-06
End Date: 1979-08-15
Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, uniboom, sidescansonar, gravitycore, underwatercamera, underwatertelevision, expendablebatthermograph, LoranC, miniranger, transitsatellite, pistoncore, vibratingcore, Soutargrab, minisparker, gravity, airgun
Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry, side scan images, underwater photographs and videos, samples.
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Paul Bates, Ed Clukey, Scott Conard, Jon Erickson, Rich Garlow, Kaye Kinoshita, Jim Nicholson, Bob Orlando, Vern Pilgrim, Mel Rappeport, George Redden, Ron Schmitz, Michael Torresan, Mike Underwood, Karen Weliky, Bob Wilson
Affiliate Staff:
Scott Rainsford - Mechanical Technician
Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Paul Bates (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate
Arnold Bouma (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Ed Clukey (USGS Western Region) - Geophysicist
Scott Conard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer
Jon Erickson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Rich Garlow (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Monty Hampton (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Kaye Kinoshita (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Bob Orlando (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Vern Pilgrim - Ship Captain
Scott Rainsford - Mechanical Technician
Mel Rappeport (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
George Redden (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Ron Schmitz - Electronics Technician
Mike Torresan (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Mike Underwood (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Karen Weliky (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Location:
Western Gulf of Alaska
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 59.6058 | South: 55.85282 | West: -155.35 | East: -151.1488 |
Platform(s):
 Sea Sounder |
Fisher, M.A., von Huene, Roland, and Hampton, Monty A.,, 1984, Summary geologic report for petroleum lease sale 100, Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0024, 49 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr8424.
Hampton, M.A., 1983, Geology of the Kodiak Shelf, Alaska; environmental considerations for resource development: Continental Shelf Research, v. 1 no. 3, pp. 253–281.
Hampton, M.A., 1983, Geotechnical framework study of the Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0171, 87 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr83171.
Hampton, M.A.,, 1981, Grain Size and Composition of Seafloor Sediment, Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-659, http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/geology/data/0605/06055002/usgs_ofr81-659_06055002.pdf.
Hampton, M.A.,, 1982, Synthesis report; environmental geology of Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0059, 76 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr8259.
Hampton, M.A., 1989, Geotechnical properties of sediment on the Kodiak continental shelf and upper slope, Gulf of Alaska: Marine Geotechnology, v. 8 no. 2, pp. 159–180.
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.
Kennett, J.P., Houtz, R.E., Andrews, P.B., Edwards, A.R., Gostin, V.A.,, H., M., Hampton, M., Jenkins, D.G., Margolis, S.V., Ovenshine, A.T., and Perch-Nielsen, K., 1973, Pleistocene-Pliocene biostratigraphy, paleoclimatology and productivity; South Pacific deep-sea drilling, subantarctic to tropics, in Ninth congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research; abstracts: Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research, no. 9, pp. 184–185.
von Huene, R., Fisher, M.A., Hampton, M.A., and Lynch, Maurice, 1980, Petroleum potential, environmental geology, and the technology for exploration and development of the Kodiak lease sale area no. 61: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1082, 102 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr801082.
von Huene, R., Hampton, M.A., Fischer, M.A., Varchol, D.J., and Cochrane, G.R., 1980, Map showing near-surface geologic structures of Kodiak Shelf, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1200, 1 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/mf/mf1200.
