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Field Activity S168NS

Identifier S168NS
Alternate names S-1-68-NS
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. Chief Scientist: Gary Greene. Geological Sampling data (radar, RayDist, VanVeengrab, underwatertelevision, seismograph) of field activity S-1-68-NS in St. Lawrence Island, Tin City, Sledge Island, Norton Sound, Alaska from 07/23/1968 to 09/17/1968
Location Alaska
Info derived Texture, heavy minerals, foraminifera, pebble roundness, lithology.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Gary Greene (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Eugene Richards (Surveyor) - Ship Captain
Platform
Surveyor
Length: 292 ft 2 in (89.05 m) Beam: 46 ft (14 m).
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1968-07-23
End (port not specified) 1968-09-17
Bounds
West -168
East -160
North 65
South 63
Activity Geological Sampling

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Greene, Gary
Crew members
Affiliate staff Eugene Richards (Surveyor) - Ship Captain

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Imagery, Seismics
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Video, Ocean Bottom Seismometer

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
radar Navigation (no data reported)
RayDist Navigation (no data reported)
VanVeengrab Geology (no data reported)
underwatertelevision Video (no data reported)
seismograph Ocean Bottom Seismometer (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity