Field Activity 2009-062-FA

Identifier 2009-062-FA
Alternate names Alaskan Lakes - May
Purpose Collect geochemical data in methane-emitting lakes.
Location 1) Lake Qalluuraq, near Atqasuk, North Slope Borough, Alaska;2) Kilarney Lake, near Fairbanks, Alaska;
Summary A large number (~200) of pore water and gas samples from sediment cores. 3 Noble gas samples.
Comments Original Center People field contained: John Pohlman, Geochemistry. Project = High-Latitude Climate-Hydrates Interactions - Dept. of Energy, High-Latitude Climate-Hydrates Interactions - Dept. of Energy
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Platform
On Ice
Itinerary
Start Fairbanks, AK 2009-05-05
End Fairbanks, AK 2009-05-17
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -157.236
East -148.35938
North 70.61261
South 65.36684

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Pohlman
Crew members
John Pohlman
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
John Pohlman
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Mat Wooller, University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Affiliate staff Mat Wooller, University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF); Mary Beth Leigh, UAF; Katey Walter, UAF; Monica Heintz, UC-Santa Barbara

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Sampling
Data type: Methane, Chemistry, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Gas sampler Dissolved Oxygen, Gas Hydrates, Methane 2
Pore water sampling Chemistry 1
Percussion core Geology 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2009-062-FA-SC-003 Gas sampler Gas composition samples: in 20 ml serum vials stoppered with septa. John Pohlman
2009-062-FA-SC-004 Gas sampler Noble gas samples: gas samples sealed in 3/8" copper tubing. John Pohlman
2009-062-FA-SC-002 Pore water sampling Pore water samples: water samples stored in vials and bottles of various kinds. John Pohlman
2009-062-FA-SC-001 Percussion core Percussion cores: samples from cores extracted and stored at USGS Samples facility. John Pohlman

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity