Field Activity 2009-056-FA

Identifier 2009-056-FA
Alternate names P-1-09-AR
Purpose Collect oil, asphalt and gas samples from natural hydrocarbon seeps from Prudhoe Bay, AK.
Location Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States, North America, Beaufort Sea, Arctic Ocean;
Summary No ROV work accomplished due to weather; assisted with coring activities.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Jonathan Borden, ROV Pilot. Data Curator: Pat Hart, USGS - Santa Cruz.
Platform
Polar Sea
Length: 399 ft (122 m); Beam: 83 ft 6 in (25.45 m).
Itinerary
Start Barrow, AK 2009-09-15
End Barrow, AK 2009-09-26
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -156.665
East -141.37207
North 73.30262
South 69.53452

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Jonathan Borden
Crew members
Jonathan Borden
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Tom Lorenson, USGS-Menlo Park
Affiliate staff Tom Lorenson, USGS-Menlo Park, Chief Scientist; Pat Hart, USGS-Santa Cruz, Bathymetry

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery
Data type: Photo, Video

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
ROV Photo, Video, Biology, Geology 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2009-056-FA-SC-001 ROV Sediment cores PARTNER

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity