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Field Activity Details for field activity S979WG

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AKA: none

Other ID: S-9-79-WG

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Michael Fisher

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: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Kodiak, AK, Coast Guard

End Port/Location: Kodiak, AK, Coast Guard

Start Date: 1979-08-18

End Date: 1979-08-31

Equipment Used: 3.5khz, 12khz, magnetics, LoranC, transitsatellite, uniboom, airgun, gravity, dartcore, chaindredge, deadreckoning, Soutargrab

Information to be Derived: Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry, gravity, samples, microfossils.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Glen Barker, Paul Bates, Barb Blubaugh, Guy Cochrane, John Dunlavey, Rich Garlow, Pat McClellan, George Moore, Kevin O'Toole, Bob Patrick, John Saladin, Ken Taylor

Affiliate Staff:
Darrell Klingman - Watchstander
Dennis Giovannetti - Watchstander
Ross Voorhees - Watchstander
Scott Rainsford - Watchstander
Vernon Pilgrim - Ship Captain

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Barb Blubaugh (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Bob Patrick (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Darrell Klingman - Watchstander
Dennis Giovannetti - Watchstander
George Moore (USGS Western Region) - Unsp Investigatr
Glen Barker (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Guy Cochrane (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
John Dunlavey - Navigator
John Saladin (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Ken Taylor - Chief Engineer
Kevin O'Toole (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Mike Fisher (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Pat McClellan (USGS Western Region) - Watchstander
Paul Bates - Chief Mate
Rich Garlow (USGS Western Region) - Navigator
Ross Voorhees - Watchstander
Scott Rainsford - Watchstander
Vernon Pilgrim - Ship Captain

Location:

Western Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 58.14161 South: 55.22614 West: -157.745 East: -148.81888

Platform(s):

photo of Sea Sounder
Sea Sounder

Publications

Fisher, M.A., von Huene, R., and Steele, W.C., 1983, Marine free-air gravity map of the western Gulf of Alaska, lower Cook Inlet, and Shelikof Strait, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-52, 2 p., http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr8352.

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Edited bathymetry data s-9-79-wg.335
12khz --- Single Beam
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy
Edited bathymetry data s-9-79-wg.335_011 (Provisional best file)
magnetics --- Magnetics
Raw magnetics data s-9-79-wg.200
Raw magnetics data s-9-79-wg.200_011
NGDC MGD77 data - Magnetics
Edited magnetics data s-9-79-wg.220_011 (Provisional best file)
LoranC --- Navigation
transitsatellite --- Navigation
Satellite data s-9-79-wg.001
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
uniboom --- Boomer
Survey information
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Survey information
gravity --- Gravity
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity
Free Air Anomaly data s-9-79-wg.161
Free Air Anomaly data s-9-79-wg.165
Free Air Anomaly data s-9-79-wg.165_011 (Provisional best file)
Raw gravity data from analog meter s-9-79-wg.111
dartcore --- Geology
Station Information
chaindredge --- Geology
Station Information
deadreckoning --- Navigation
Lines
Dead reckoning data s-9-79-wg.011 (Provisional best file)
Dead reckoning data s-9-79-wg.011_degree
Soutargrab --- Geology
Station Information

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