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

Field Activity S779WG

Identifier S779WG
Alternate names S-7-79-WG
Description United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California,United States Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Chief Scientist: Terry Bruns. Geological and Geophysical data (3dot5khz, 12khz, magnetics, airgun, gravity, chaindredge, integratednavigation, transitsatellite, LoranC) of field activity S-7-79-WG in Western Gulf of Alaska from 07/20/1979 to 07/25/1979
Location Western Gulf of Alaska
Summary physical data holdings
Info derived Bathymetry, seismic reflection profiles, magnetics, gravity, samples.
Comments Staff information imported from InfoBank Andy Stevenson (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Bill Schwab (USGS Woods Hole) - Geophysicist Bob Wilson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician Frank Scherer - Ship Captain Gordon Pitt (USGS Western Region) - Chief Mate Helen Gibbons (USGS Western Region) - Navigator Jim Nicholson (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician Jon Erickson (USGS Western Region) - Mechanical Technician Ken Johnson (USGS Western Region) - Navigator Margaret Goud (USGS Western Region) - Navigator Mike Underwood (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Randy Koski (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Ron Schmitz - Electronics Technician Scott Conard (USGS Western Region) - Chief Engineer Terry Bruns (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Terry Edgar - Geophysicist
Platform
Sea Sounder
Itinerary
Start Dutch Harbor, AK 1979-07-20
End Kodiak, AK 1979-07-25
Bounds
West -166.502
East -153.35068
North 56.72238
South 53.14613
Activity Geological and Geophysical

Personnel

Organization
2885 Mission Street
Santa Cruz, CA95060
(831) 460-7401
Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Bruns, Terry
Crew members
Helen Gibbons
Scientist, Staff
Conard, Scott
Scientist, Staff
Erickson, Jon
Scientist, Staff
Edgar, Terry
Scientist, Staff
Goud, Margaret
Scientist, Staff
Johnson, Ken
Scientist, Staff
Koski, Randy
Scientist, Staff
Nicholson, Jim
Scientist, Staff
Pitt, Gordon
Scientist, Staff
Stevenson, Andy
Scientist, Staff
Schmitz, Ron
Scientist, Staff
Underwood, Mike
Scientist, Staff
Wilson, Bob
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Bill Schwab (USGS Woods Hole) - Geophysicist,Frank Scherer - Ship Captain

Data types and categories

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
3.5khz Sub Bottom Profiler 1
12khz Single Beam 5
airgun Air Gun / Water Gun 1
gravity Gravity 7
chaindredge Geology 4
integratednavigation Navigation 5
transitsatellite Navigation 2
LoranC Navigation 1
magnetics Magnetics (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
Survey information 3.5khz Terry Bruns
Edited bathymetry data s-7-79-wg.335 12khz Terry Bruns
Edited bathymetry data s-7-79-wg.335_011 12khz Provisional best file Terry Bruns
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy 12khz Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Survey information 12khz Terry Bruns
Tape list 12khz Terry Bruns
Survey information airgun Terry Bruns
Free Air Anomaly data s-7-79-wg.160 gravity Terry Bruns
Free Air Anomaly data s-7-79-wg.160_011 gravity Provisional best file Terry Bruns
Free Air Anomaly data s-7-79-wg.161 gravity Terry Bruns
Gravity land tie data s-7-79-wg.140 gravity Terry Bruns
NGDC MGD77 data - gravity gravity Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Raw gravity data from analog meter s-7-79-wg.111 gravity Terry Bruns
Survey information gravity Terry Bruns
002 chaindredge Terry Bruns
003 chaindredge Terry Bruns
004 chaindredge Terry Bruns
Station Information chaindredge Terry Bruns
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format integratednavigation Terry Bruns
Dead reckoning data s-7-79-wg.011 integratednavigation Provisional best file Terry Bruns
Dead reckoning data s-7-79-wg.011_degree integratednavigation Terry Bruns
Lines integratednavigation Terry Bruns
Survey information integratednavigation Terry Bruns
Satellite data s-7-79-wg.000 transitsatellite Terry Bruns
Survey information transitsatellite Terry Bruns
Survey information LoranC Terry Bruns

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity