1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity S978BS

Identifier S978BS
Alternate names S-9-78-BS
Description Chief Scientists: Keith Kvenvolden, Hans Nelson. Geophysical data (uniboom, 3dot5khz, vibratingcore, underwatertelevision, sidescansonar, miniranger, tempsalinometer, sparker, 12khz, 200khz7khz, underwatercamera, Hydroproducts, LoranC, radar, transitsatellite, VanVeengrab, VanDornbottle, airgun) of field activity S-9-78-BS in Bering Sea from 08/31/1978 to 09/27/1978
Location Bering Sea
Comments Edited start date from microfilm. Staff information imported from InfoBank Roland Brady - Mechanical Technician Ed Clukey (USGS Western Region) - Unsp Investigatr Drew Comer - Geophysicist Jon Erickson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician Helen Gibbons (USGS Western Region) - Navigator Margaret Goud - Navigator Ellen Grybeck - Geophysicist Marv Iverson (Sdieg) - Unsp Investigatr Keith Kvenvolden (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist John Laingor - Chief Mate Matt Larsen (USGS Western Region) - Dafe Curator Carol Madison (USGS Western Region) - Navigator Hans Nelson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Tor Nilsen (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Hal Olsen - Unsp Investigatr Audrey Parker - Watchstander John Rapp - Geochemist George Redden - Geochemist John Saladin - Electronics Technician Ron Schmitz - Electronics Technician Ken Simpson - Ship Captain Bill Soule - Chief Engineer John Southard (MIT) - Geologist Devin Thor - Geologist Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician
Platform
Sea Sounder
Itinerary
Start Nome, AK and Nome, AK and Nome, AK 1978-08-25
End Nome, AK and Nome, AK and Telr, AK 1978-09-27
Bounds
West -170.435
East -161.65865
North 65.35889
South 61.88951
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Principal investigators Keith A KvenvoldenNelson, Hans
Crew members
Helen Gibbons
Scientist, Staff
Carol A Madison
Scientist, Staff
Brady, Roland
Scientist, Staff
Clukey, Ed
Scientist, Staff
Comer, Drew
Scientist, Staff
Erickson, Jon
Scientist, Staff
Goud, Margaret
Scientist, Staff
Laingor, John
Scientist, Staff
Larsen, Matt
Scientist, Staff
Nilsen, Tor
Scientist, Staff
Rapp, John
Scientist, Staff
Redden, George
Scientist, Staff
Saladin, John
Scientist, Staff
Schmitz, Ron
Scientist, Staff
Soule, Bill
Scientist, Staff
Wilson, Bob
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Ellen Grybeck - Geophysicist,Marv Iverson (Sdieg) - Unsp Investigatr,Hal Olsen - Unsp Investigatr,Audrey Parker - Watchstander,Ken Simpson - Ship Captain,John Southard (MIT) - Geologist,Devin Thor - Geologist

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Conductivity, Temperature, Photo, Video, Navigation, Chemistry, Geology, Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Sidescan, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
uniboom Boomer 1
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
vibratingcore Geology 28
underwatertelevision Video 1
sidescansonar Sidescan 1
miniranger Navigation 6
sparker Sparker (no data reported)
12khz Single Beam 1
200khz7khz Single Beam 4
underwatercamera Photo 1
Hydroproducts Chemistry 1
LoranC Navigation (no data reported)
radar Navigation 1
transitsatellite Navigation 2
VanVeengrab Geology 3
VanDornbottle Chemistry 1
airgun Air Gun / Water Gun 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Survey information uniboom Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information 3.5khz Keith A Kvenvolden
01eng vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
02eng vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
03gas vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
03geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
04eng vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
05geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
06gas vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
06geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
07geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
08gas vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
08geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
09gas vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
09geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
10gas vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
10geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
14b1 vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
14b2 vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
15geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
16geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
17geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
21geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
22eng vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
22geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
23eng vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
23geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
24geo vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
Sample request vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
Station Information vibratingcore Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information underwatertelevision Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information sidescansonar Keith A Kvenvolden
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format miniranger Keith A Kvenvolden
Dead reckoning data s-9-78-bs.011 miniranger Provisional best file Keith A Kvenvolden
Dead reckoning data s-9-78-bs.011_degree miniranger Keith A Kvenvolden
Lines miniranger Keith A Kvenvolden
Raw Miniranger data s-9-78-bs.620 miniranger Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information miniranger Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information 12khz Keith A Kvenvolden
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy 200khz7khz Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-9-78-bs.301 200khz7khz Keith A Kvenvolden
Raw depth (bathymetry) data s-9-78-bs.301_011 200khz7khz Provisional best file Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information 200khz7khz Keith A Kvenvolden
Station Information underwatercamera Keith A Kvenvolden
Station Information Hydroproducts Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information radar Keith A Kvenvolden
Satellite data s-9-78-bs.000 transitsatellite Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information transitsatellite Keith A Kvenvolden
Station 12 VanVeengrab Keith A Kvenvolden
Station 13 VanVeengrab Keith A Kvenvolden
Station Information VanVeengrab Keith A Kvenvolden
Station Information VanDornbottle Keith A Kvenvolden
Survey information airgun Keith A Kvenvolden

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity