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

Field Activity L478BS

Identifier L478BS
Alternate names L-4-78-BS
Description Chief Scientists: Alan Cooper, Mike Marlow. Geological and Geophysical data (sonobuoy, 12khz, minisparker, 3dot5khz, airgun, airgunmonitor, Burgairgun, chaindredge, gravity, gradiometer, dopplersonar, integratednavigation, RhoRho, transitsatellite) of field activity L-4-78-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/08/1978 to 08/01/1978
Location Alaska
Summary InfoBank had this incorrectly identified as Cooper/Marlow; it was Mike Fisher's MCS
Comments InfoBank incorrectly lists some metadata from L-5-78-BS Corrected in Compass 7/18/2016 Staff information imported from InfoBank Dave Aldridge Watchstander George Asuncion Electronics Technician John Dunlavey Navigator Joe Edwards Mechanical Technician Mike Fisher Chief Scientist Dick Foland Navigator Alice Fuller Watchstander Richard Heagney Ship Captain Mark Holmes Geophysicist Kaye Kinoshita Watchstander Darrell Klingman Watchstander Jim Mackrow Chief Mate Paula Mackrow Navigator Pat McClellan Watchstander Bill Patton Geologist Jeff Rupert Mechanical Technician K. Smith Chief Engineer Gordon Tanner Electronics Technician A-Lan Von Hornlein Watchstander
Platform
Samuel Phillips Lee
USNS S. P. Lee (T-AGS-31), Length 208 feet, Beam 39 feet, Draft 14 feet, Speed 12 knots
Itinerary
Start Kodiak, AK and Pribilof Islands, AK and Kodiak, AK and Pribilof Islands, AK 1978-07-08
End Pribilof Islands, AK and Nome, AK and Pribilof Islands, AK and Nome, AK 1978-09-12
Bounds
West -179.181
East -152.0692
North 64.43768
South 52.55072
Activity Geological and Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Michael A Fisher
Crew members
Michael A Fisher
Scientist, Staff
Rupert, Jeff
Scientist, Staff
Tanner, Gordon
Scientist, Staff
Holmes, Mark
Scientist, Staff
Kinoshita, Kaye
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate,Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate,Shannon Sinnock - Watchstander,Loreto Smith - Chief Engineer

Data types and categories

Data category: Electro-Magnetic, Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar, Sampling
Data type: Gravity, Magnetics, Navigation, Air Gun / Water Gun, Multichannel, Sonobuoy, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
sonobuoy Sonobuoy (no data reported)
12khz Single Beam 2
minisparker Sparker (no data reported)
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
airgun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
Burgairgun Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
chaindredge Geology (no data reported)
gravity Gravity 1
gradiometer Magnetics (no data reported)
dopplersonar Navigation (no data reported)
integratednavigation Navigation 1
RhoRho Navigation (no data reported)
transitsatellite Navigation (no data reported)
multichannel Multichannel 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Edited bathymetry data l-5-78-bs.335_010 12khz corrected Provisional best file Michael A Fisher
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy 12khz nav dates 8/6/1978 - 8/23/1978 Carol A Reiss
Edited bathymetry data l-5-78-bs.335_010 3.5khz provisional best Carol A Reiss
Free Air Anomaly data l-5-78-bs.160_010 gravity provisional best Carol A Reiss
Dead reckoning data l-5-78-bs.010 integratednavigation provisional best Carol A Reiss
MCS multichannel data on FAD Carol A Reiss

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity