AKA: none
Other ID: S-9-78-BS
Status: Completed
Organization(s):
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Keith Kvenvolden, Hans Nelson
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: Conductivity, Environmental Data: Temperature, 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
Scientific Purpose/Goals:
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Nome, AK and Nome, AK and Nome, AK
End Port/Location: Nome, AK and Nome, AK and Telr, AK
Start Date: 1978-08-25
End Date: 1978-09-27
Equipment Used: uniboom, 3.5khz, vibratingcore, underwatertelevision, sidescansonar, miniranger, sparker, 12khz, 200khz7khz, underwatercamera, Hydroproducts, LoranC, radar, transitsatellite, VanVeengrab, VanDornbottle, airgun
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Roland Brady, Ed Clukey, Drew Comer, Jon Erickson, Helen Gibbons, Margaret Goud, John Laingor, Matt Larsen, Carol Madison, Tor Nilsen, John Rapp, George Redden, John Saladin, Ron Schmitz, Bill Soule, Bob Wilson
Affiliate Staff:
Ellen Grybeck - Geophysicist
Marv Iverson (Sdieg) - Unsp Investigatr
Hal Olsen - Unsp Investigatr
Audrey Parker - Watchstander
Ken Simpson - Ship Captain
John Southard (MIT) - Geologist
Devin Thor - Geologist
Notes: Edited start date from microfilm.
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Roland Brady - Mechanical Technician
Ed Clukey (USGS Western Region) - Unsp Investigatr
Drew Comer - Geophysicist
Jon Erickson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Helen Gibbons (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Margaret Goud - Navigator
Ellen Grybeck - Geophysicist
Marv Iverson (Sdieg) - Unsp Investigatr
Keith Kvenvolden (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
John Laingor - Chief Mate
Matt Larsen (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator
Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Hans Nelson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Tor Nilsen (USGS Western Region) - Geologist
Hal Olsen - Unsp Investigatr
Audrey Parker - Watchstander
John Rapp - Geochemist
George Redden - Geochemist
John Saladin - Electronics Technician
Ron Schmitz - Electronics Technician
Ken Simpson - Ship Captain
Bill Soule - Chief Engineer
John Southard (MIT) - Geologist
Devin Thor - Geologist
Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Location:
Bering Sea
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 65.35889 | South: 61.88951 | West: -170.435 | East: -161.65865 |
Platform(s):
 Sea Sounder |
Kvenvolden, K.A., and Redden, G.D., 1980, Hydrocarbon gas in sediment from the shelf, slope, and basin of the Bering Sea: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 44 no. 8, pp. 1145–1150.
Kvenvolden, K.A., Weliky, K., Nelson, H., and Des Marais, D.J., 1979, Submarine seep of carbon dioxide in Norton Sound, Alaska: Science, v. 205 no. 4412, pp. 1264–1266.
Kvenvolden, K.A., Nelson, C.H., Thor, D.R., Larsen, M.C., Redden, G.D., Rapp, J.B., and Des Marais, D.J., 1979, Biogenic and thermogenic gas in gas-charged sediment of Norton Sound, Alaska: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings, v. 11 no. 1, pp. 479–486.
Kvenvolden, K.A., and Claypool, George E., 1980, Origin of gasoline-range hydrocarbons and their migration by solution in carbon dioxide in Norton Basin, Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 64 no. 7, pp. 1078–1086.
Molnia, B.F., Carlson, P.R., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1979, Gas-charged sediment areas in the northern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1150, pp. 152–153.
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.
Nelson, H., Thor, D.R., Sandstrom, M.W., and Kvenvolden, K.E., 1979, Modern biogenic gas-generated craters (sea-floor "pockmarks") on the Bering Shelf, Alaska [modified]: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 90 no. 12, I 1144-I 1152 p.
Redden, G.D., Rapp, J.B., and Kvenvolden, K.A., 1979, Gases in sediments of Norton Sound, Alaska: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 123–124.
