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Field Activity Details for field activity T174EG

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AKA: none

Other ID: T-1-74-EG,EGAL-74-XA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John Grow

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jim Grow (USGS Woods Hole)

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Gravity, Electro-Magnetic: Magnetics, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals:

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location:

End Port/Location:

Start Date: 1974-09-05

End Date: 1974-09-11

Equipment Used: magnetics, gravity, navigation, 3.5khz, sparker, airgun, sidescansonar

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Gravity, magnetics, 40 cubic-inch airgun, minisparkers, 3.5 khz transducer, seismic refraction line shots, accelerometer, side scan

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Paul Passmore - Aquatr.

Notes:
Staff information imported from InfoBank
Jim Grow (USGS Woods Hole) - Chief Scientist
Paul Passmore - Aquatr.

Location:

Northern Gulf of Alaska

Boundaries
North: 58.67667 South: 57.863 West: -139.19 East: -137.06

Platform(s):

photo of Thomas G Thompson
Thomas G Thompson

Publications

Bruns, T.R., Carlson, P.R., and Schwab, W.C., 1977, Listric faults south of Kayak Island, northern Gulf of Alaska: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , 914 p.

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., and Molnia, B.F, 1977, Submarine faults and slides on the continental shelf, northern Gulf of Alaska, in Richards, A.F., ed., Marine slope stability: Marine Geotechnology, v. 2, pp. 275–290.

Carlson, P.R., and Molnia, B.F., 1976, Faulting and instability of shelf sediments; eastern Gulf of Alaska, in Environmental assessment of the Alaskan continental shelf: Geology, v. 13.

Carlson, P.R., and Molnia, B.F., 1975, Massive submarine slide in the Gulf of Alaska: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 1018–1018.

Carlson, P.R., Bruns, T.R., Molnia, B., and Hampson, J.C., Jr., 1977, Submarine valleys on the continental shelf, northeastern Gulf of Alaska: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 9 no. 7, pp. 921–921.

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.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., and Reimnitz, E., 1976, Dispersal, distribution and thickness of Holocene sediments on the continental shelf, northern Gulf of Alaska, in Fritsche, A.E., Ter Best, H., Jr, Wornardt, W.W., eds. The Neogene symposium; selected technical papers on paleontology, sedimentology, petrology, tectonics and geologic history of the Pacific Coast of North America: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., and Reimnitz, E., 1976, Dispersal, distribution, and thickness of Holocene sediments on continental shelf, northern Gulf of Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 60 no. 12, pp. 2176–2177.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., Kittelson, S.C., and Hampson, J.C., Jr., 1977, Map of distribution of bottom sediments on the continental shelf, northern Gulf of Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-0876.

Molnia, B., Carlson, P.R., and Bruns, T.R., 1977, Large submarine slide in Kayak Trough, Gulf of Alaska: Reviews in Engineering Geology, v. 3, pp. 137–148.

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., and Carlson, P.R., 1976, Erosion and deposition of shelf sediment; eastern Gulf of Alaska, in Environmental assessment of the Alaskan continental shelf: Geology, v. 13.

Molnia, B.F., and Carlson, P.R., 1975, Geology of Pamplona Ridge, northern Gulf of Alaska: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program. , pp. 1203–1203.

Molnia, B.F., Carlson, P.R., and Bruns, T.R., 1976, Geologic hazards in the northern Gulf of Alaska: , Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. , pp. 396–397.

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., Carlson, P.R., and Wright, L.H., 1978, Geophysical data from the 1975 cruise of the NOAA ship Surveyor in northern Gulf of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-209, 42 p.

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., and Carlson, P.R., 1980, Quaternary sedimentary facies on continental shelf, Northeast Gulf of Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 64 no. 3, pp. 446–447.

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.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
magnetics --- Magnetics
gravity --- Gravity
navigation --- Navigation
Dead reckoning data t-1-74-eg.010 (Provisional best file)
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format
Dead reckoning data t-1-74-eg.010_degree
Satellite data t-1-74-eg.000
3.5khz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
sparker --- Sparker
airgun --- Air Gun / Water Gun
sidescansonar --- Sidescan

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