1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
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Field Activity K291BG

Identifier K291BG
Alternate names K-2-91-BG
Description Chief Scientist: Paul Carlson. Data (bathymetry, meters, navigation) of field activity K-2-91-BG in Bering Glacier, Alaska from 07/02/1991 to 07/06/1991
Location Alaska
Comments Geopulse, 3.5 khz bathymetry, sidescan, and sampling from Icy Bay to Vitus Lake Staff information imported from InfoBank Al McClenaghan (USGS Western Region) - Ship Captain Paul Carlson (USGS Western Region) - Chief Scientist Dick Tagg (USGS Western Region) - Geologist Mike Boyle (USGS Western Region) - Electronics Technician
Platform
Karluk
Sold in 2021
Itinerary
Start (port not specified) 1991-07-02
End (port not specified) 1991-07-08
Bounds
West -143.549
East -143.2718
North 60.1675
South 60.05108

Personnel

Principal investigators Carlson, Paul
Crew members
Michael E Boyle
Scientist, Staff
McClenaghan, Al
Scientist, Staff
Tagg, Dick
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sidescan, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
samples Biology, Chemistry, Geology (no data reported)
sidescansonar Sidescan 1
navigation Navigation 6
Geopulse Boomer 5
bathymetry Single Beam 4

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
K-2-91-BG_153728_sidescan sidescansonar scanned microfilm Carol A Reiss
Best file with nav in ArcInfo E00 format navigation Paul Carlson
Integrated navigation (SINS) data k-2-91-bg.050 navigation Paul Carlson
Integrated navigation (SINS) data k-2-91-bg.051 navigation Paul Carlson
Integrated navigation (SINS) data k-2-91-bg.052 navigation Provisional best data Paul Carlson
Integrated navigation (SINS) data k-2-91-bg.052_degree navigation Paul Carlson
Survey information navigation Paul Carlson
K-2-91-BG_153728_geopulse Geopulse scanned microfilm Carol A Reiss
Scan k-2-91-bg.geopulse.1.pdf Geopulse Paul Carlson
Scan k-2-91-bg.geopulse.2.pdf Geopulse Paul Carlson
Scan k-2-91-bg.geopulse.3_7.pdf Geopulse Paul Carlson
Scan k-2-91-bg.geopulse.8_10.pdf Geopulse Paul Carlson
K-2-91-BG_153728_bathy7 bathymetry scanned microfilm Carol A Reiss
NGDC MGD77 data - bathy bathymetry Carolyn Hayashida Degnan
Raw depth (bathymetry) data k-2-91-bg.300 bathymetry Paul Carlson
Raw depth (bathymetry) data k-2-91-bg.300_052 bathymetry Provisional best file Paul Carlson

Publications

Schreppel, H.A., Degnan, C.H, Dadisman, S.V., and Metzger, D.R., 2013, Archive of U.S. Geological Survey Selected Single-Beam Bathymetry Datasets, 1969–2000: , http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/757/.

Schreppel, H.A.; Degnan, C.H.; Dadisman, S.V.; Metzger, D.R., 2013, Archive of U.S. Geological Survey selected single-beam bathymetry datasets, 1969-2000: , https://doi.org/10.3133/ds757.