Field Activity G372AR

Identifier G372AR
Alternate names G-3-72-AR,72-ABP
Purpose Survey the state of the marine environment and its associated biota in the western (Alaskan) Beaufort Sea.
Description University of Alaska,United States Navy,United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,United States Coast Guard,Oregon State University. Chief Scientists: Gary Hufford, Peter Barnes, Herb Weiss, A.S. Naidu, Andrew Carey. Geological and Geophysical data (bathymetry, sidescansonar, boomer, transmissometer, currentmeter, Secchidisc, pistoncore, grab) of field activity G-3-72-AR in Beaufort Sea, Arctic from 08/02/1972 to 09/12/1972
Location Arctic
Summary physical data holdings
Info derived Surficial geology and geologic processes.
Comments No known navigation (Clint Steele, 10/15/97), bathymetry data collected by Univ. of Conn. This is the Western Beaufort Sea Ecologic Cruise. Staff information imported from InfoBank Gary Hufford (USCG) - Chief Scientist Peter Barnes (USGS) - Chief Scientist Herb Weiss (NUC) - Chief Scientist A.S. Naidu (Univ. of Alaska) - Chief Scientist Andrew Carey (OSU) - Chief Scientist
Platform
Glacier
Itinerary
Start Barrow, AK 1972-08-02
End Barrow, AK 1972-09-12
Bounds
West -152.068
East -150.87167
North 71.91
South 71.37667
Activity Geological and Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
Oregon State University
Newport, OR
Organization
University of Alaska
Seward, AK
Organization
U.S. Coast Guard
Boston, MA
Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
U.S. Navy
Principal investigators Barnes, Peter
Crew members
Affiliate principal Gary Hufford (USCG),Herb Weiss (NUC),A.S. Naidu (Univ. of Alaska),Andrew Carey (OSU)

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Current, Turbidity, Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sidescan, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
boomer Boomer (no data reported)
transmissometer Turbidity (no data reported)
currentmeter Current (no data reported)
Secchidisc Turbidity (no data reported)
pistoncore Geology 1
grab Geology (no data reported)
uniboom Boomer (no data reported)
navigation Navigation 2
bathymetry Single Beam 16
sidescansonar Sidescan (no data reported)

Datasets

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity