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

Field Activity R170BS

Identifier R170BS
Alternate names R-1-70-BS,70ANC
Description Chief Scientist: Hans Nelson. Geological and Geophysical data (boxcore, bathymetry, gravity, magnetics) of field activity R-1-70-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 04/16/1970 to 09/22/1970
Location Alaska
Summary physical data holdings
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Hans Nelson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist
Platform
Rainier
Length 231 feet; beam 42 feet; draft 17 feet. Launched 1967, USCGS (United States Coast and Geodetic Survey) owned 1968 to 1970. NOAA acquired in 1970. She is named for Mount Rainier in the state of Washington and is the sister ship of NOAAS Fairweather and the decommissioned NOAAS Mount Mitchell.
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1970-04-16
End (port not specified) 1970-09-22
Bounds
West -176.43
East -161.96201
North 63.0133
South 52.08
Activity Geological and Geophysical

Personnel

Principal investigators Nelson, Hans
Crew members

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Biology, Geology, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
boxcore Biology, Geology 1
bathymetry Single Beam (no data reported)
navigation Navigation 4

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
sample_locations boxcore data in FAD Carol A Reiss
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format navigation Hans Nelson
Integrated navigation (SINS) data r-1-70-bs.050 navigation Hans Nelson
Integrated navigation (SINS) data r-1-70-bs.051 navigation Provisional best file Hans Nelson
Integrated navigation (SINS) data r-1-70-bs.051_degree navigation Hans Nelson

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity