O168NS (CMHRP activity #5160)

Field Activity O168NS

Identifier

O168NS

Alternate names

O-1-68-NS, 68ANC, 68AWF

Description

United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,Environmental Science Services Administration. Chief Scientist: Hans Nelson. Geological data (boxcore, Campbellgrab, VanVeengrab, LoranC, radar, transitsatellite, magnetics, gravity, airgun) of field activity O-1-68-NS in Norton Sound, Alaska from 07/24/1968 to 08/16/1968

Location

Alaska

Summary

physical data holdings 182 van veen grab samples, 38 box cores, 32 Campbell grap, 201 stations

Info derived

Grain size analysis, heavy metal chemical analysis, radiocarbon data, texture, foraminifera, pebble roundness, lithology

Comments

Added 68ANC and 68AWF sample locations to FAD Staff information imported from InfoBank Hans Nelson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist John Phillips (Oceanographer) - Ship Captain Dee Kimbell - Operations Officer Jose Velasquez - Chief Engineer Thurston Davis - Chief Survey Technician James Jones - Chief Machinist Richard Pratt (USGS Western Region) - Scientist Dick Tagg (USGS Western Region) - Unspecified Investigator Jerry Zembruscki (Petrobas, Brazil) - Scientist

Platform

Oceanographer

Itinerary

Start	Nome, AK	1968-07-24
End	Nome, AK	1968-08-16

Bounds

West	-168
East	-160
North	65
South	63

Activity

Geological

Personnel

Organization

Environmental Science Services Administration

Organization

USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center(PCMSC)

2885 Mission Street

Santa Cruz, CA95060

(831) 460-7401

Principal investigators

Nelson, Hans

Crew members

Davis, Thurston	Scientist, Staff
Pratt, Richard	Scientist, Staff
Tagg, Dick	Scientist, Staff

Affiliate staff

John Phillips (Oceanographer) - Ship Captain,Dee Kimbell - Operations Officer,Jose Velasquez - Chief Engineer,James Jones - Chief Machinist,Jerry Zembruscki (Petrobas, Brazil) - Scientist

Data types and categories

Data category:	Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics
Data type:	Gravity, Magnetics, Navigation, Biology, Geology, Air Gun / Water Gun

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Survey Equipment	Description
Maps	(document not focused on specific equipment)	Scanned JPEG images of maps from MicroMEDIA. May be supporting information for O168NS.

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
boxcore	Chemistry, Biology, Geology	1
VanVeengrab	Geology	(no data reported)
LoranC	Navigation	(no data reported)
radar	Navigation	(no data reported)
transitsatellite	Navigation	(no data reported)
magnetics	Magnetics	(no data reported)
gravity	Gravity	(no data reported)
airgun	Air Gun / Water Gun	(no data reported)
Campbellgrab	Geology	(no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
sample_locs	boxcore	data in U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-0268	Carol A Reiss