Field Activity L578BS

Identifier L578BS
Alternate names L-5-78-BS
Description Chief Scientist: Mike Fisher. Geophysical data (3dot5khz, 12khz, gravity, magnetics, minisparker, integratednavigation, LoranC, transitsatellite, 24channel, airgun, airgunmonitor, sonobuoy) of field activity L-5-78-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 08/05/1978 to 08/09/1978
Location Alaska
Summary physical data holdings start date updated from microfilm
Comments Note that some data from this activity mislabeled L-4-78-BS; dates correspond to this activity 7/18/2016. Also adjusted end date from InfoBank to match microfilm data. Staff information imported from InfoBank Bob Arnal - Geologist John Barron - Geologist Cheryl Cape - Dafe Curator Jon Childs - Geophysicist Alan Cooper - Chief Scientist Thor Cutler - Geophysicist Jon Erickson - Mechanical Technician Dave Hogg - Electronics Technician Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate Jim Joyce - Geologist Terry Kelley - Electronics Technician Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate Mike Marlow - Chief Scientist Graig McHendrie - Navigator Terry Ruff - Ship Captain Dave Scholl - Geologist Shannon Sinnock - Watchstander Loreto Smith - Chief Engineer Andy Stevenson - Geologist
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 Nome, AK 1978-08-06
End Nome, AK 1978-08-23
Bounds
West -170.904
East -162.67679
North 64.91867
South 62.74943
Activity Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Principal investigators Alan K CooperMarlow, Mike
Crew members
David W Scholl
Scientist, Staff
Jonathan R Childs
Scientist, Staff
Arnal, Bob
Scientist, Staff
Barron, John
Scientist, Staff
Cape, Cheryl
Scientist, Staff
Erickson, Jon
Scientist, Staff
Hogg, Dave
Scientist, Staff
Joyce, Jim
Scientist, Staff
McHendrie, Graig
Scientist, Staff
Marlow, Mike
Scientist, Staff
Ruff, Terry
Scientist, Staff
Stevenson, Andy
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Richard Heagney - Ship Captain,Darrell Klingman - Watchstander,Jim Mackrow - Chief Mate,Bill Patton - Geologist,K. Smith - Chief Engineer

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
dredge Geology 4
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
12khz Single Beam 1
gravity Gravity 2
minisparker Sparker 1
integratednavigation Navigation 1
transitsatellite Navigation (no data reported)
24channel Multichannel (no data reported)
airgun Air Gun / Water Gun 2
airgunmonitor Air Gun / Water Gun (no data reported)
sonobuoy Sonobuoy 2
magnetics Magnetics 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
chaindredge dredge on off file Carol A Reiss
chaindredge dredge on off file Carol A Reiss
dredge locations dredge mislabeled L478BS on InfoBank Carol A Reiss
physical holdings dredge misc analog holdings Carol A Reiss
Edited bathymetry data l-4-78-bs.335_010 3.5khz Provisional best Carol A Reiss
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy 12khz dates; 8/06 to 8/23/1978 Carol A Reiss
Free Air Anomaly data l-4-78-bs.165_010 gravity Provisional best Carol A Reiss
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity gravity Carol A Reiss
minisparker minisparker start end paper roll Carol A Reiss
Dead reckoning data l-4-78-bs.010 integratednavigation provisional best Carol A Reiss
airgun airgun Carol A Reiss
single channel airgun airgun start, end paper, on off Carol A Reiss
sonobuoy sonobuoy start end paper rolls Carol A Reiss
sonobuoy_digital sonobuoy data on FAD Carol A Reiss
Edited gradiometer data l-4-78-bs.260_010 magnetics Provisional best Carol A Reiss

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity