U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov/>, Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) <http://marine.usgs.gov/>
20130505
Geophysical data of field activity L-6-80-BS in North Bering
Sea, Alaska from 07/08/1980 to 07/28/1980
Menlo Park, CA
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) <http://www.usgs.gov>, Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov>
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/gos/l-6-80-bs.fmeta.xml
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l680bs/html/l-6-80-bs.meta.html
Chief Scientists: Alan Cooper, Mike Marlow. Geophysical
data (integratednavigation, bathgravmagnav, magnetics,
airgun, uniboom, 3dot5khz, 12khz, gravity, sonobuoy,
dopplersonar, RhoRho, transitsatellite, 24channel,
airgunmonitor) of field activity L-6-80-BS in North Bering
Sea, Alaska from 07/08/1980 to 07/28/1980,
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l680bs/html/l-6-80-bs.meta.html.
These data and information are intended for science
researchers, students from elementary through
college, policy makers, and general public.
Equipment Used -
integratednavigation shipboard integrated navigation
bathgravmagnav gravity with magnetics and navigation
magnetics shipboard magnetometer
airgun single-channel airgun
uniboom
3dot5khz 3.5 khz bathymetry
12khz 12 khz bathymetry
gravity shipboard gravity
sonobuoy
dopplersonar
RhoRho LoranC RhoRho
transitsatellite
24channel
airgunmonitor
Publications -
Childs, J.R., Cooper, A.K., and Wright, A.W., 1981, Residual magnetic map of
Umnak Plateau region, southeastern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey
Geophysical Investigations Map GP-0939, 1 sheet.
Marlow, Michael S., Cooper, Alan K., and Childs, Jonathan R., 1981, Geophysical
survey of Anadyr and Navarin basins, northern Bering Sea, in 1981 American
Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention with division; Society
For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 65, no. 5, p. 953.
Marlow, Michael S., Cooper, Alan K., and Childs, Jonathan R., 1983, Tectonic
evolution of Gulf of Anadyr and formation of Anadyr and Navarin basins:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67, no. 4, p. 646-665.
Marlow, Michael S., Cooper, A.K., Smith, G.L., and Chase, T.E., 1982,
Multichannel seismic-reflection profiles collected in 1980 in the northern
Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1090, 3 p. URL:
<A HREF ="http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr821090" target ="OF">http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr821090</A>
Additional publication information at:
<A HREF ="http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/12321" target ="NEW">http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/12321</A>
Cooper, A.K., Marlow, M.S., and Magistrale, Harold, 1983, Digital gravity and
magnetic data collected in 1980 in the northern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 83-0519, 4 p.
Cooper, Alan K., Marlow, Michael S., Geist, Eric L., and Smith, Gregory L.,
1991, Multichannel seismic-reflection profiles collected in 1980 from southern
Bering Sea, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-0317, 4 p. URL:
<A HREF ="http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr91317" target ="OF">http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr91317</A>
Additional publication information at:
<A HREF ="http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/11817" target ="NEW">http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/11817</A>
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Jackie Eaby (Navigator);
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Jim Joyce (Geologist);
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Jon Childs (Geophysicist);
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Childs, J.R., Cooper, A.K., and Wright, A.W., 1981, Residual magnetic map of
Umnak Plateau region, southeastern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey
Geophysical Investigations Map GP-0939, 1 sheet.
Marlow, Michael S., Cooper, Alan K., and Childs, Jonathan R., 1981, Geophysical
survey of Anadyr and Navarin basins, northern Bering Sea, in 1981 American
Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention with division; Society
For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 65, no. 5, p. 953.
Marlow, Michael S., Cooper, Alan K., and Childs, Jonathan R., 1983, Tectonic
evolution of Gulf of Anadyr and formation of Anadyr and Navarin basins:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 67, no. 4, p. 646-665.
Marlow, Michael S., Cooper, A.K., Smith, G.L., and Chase, T.E., 1982,
Multichannel seismic-reflection profiles collected in 1980 in the northern
Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1090, 3 p. URL:
<A HREF ="http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr821090" target ="OF">http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr821090</A>
Additional publication information at:
<A HREF ="http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/12321" target ="NEW">http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/12321</A>
Cooper, A.K., Marlow, M.S., and Magistrale, Harold, 1983, Digital gravity and
magnetic data collected in 1980 in the northern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 83-0519, 4 p.
Cooper, Alan K., Marlow, Michael S., Geist, Eric L., and Smith, Gregory L.,
1991, Multichannel seismic-reflection profiles collected in 1980 from southern
Bering Sea, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-0317, 4 p. URL:
<A HREF ="http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr91317" target ="OF">http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr91317</A>
Additional publication information at:
<A HREF ="http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/11817" target ="NEW">http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/11817</A>
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/
Identified as best available version.
Unspecified
Start and end date/times of data
>Navigation Data (l-6-80-bs.052 [SINS])
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>198007080758000 198007280400000
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>Gravity Data (l-6-80-bs.153_052)
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>198007090501180 198007091054000
>198007091206000 198007091726000
>198007091732000 198007100216000
>198007100328000 198007101324000
>198007111956000 198007112025000
>198007112056000 198007112139000
>198007112231000 198007120028000
>198007120118000 198007120153000
>198007120213000 198007120439000
>198007120459000 198007130621000
>198007130717000 198007131900000
>198007131933000 198007140129000
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>198007141254000 198007141957000
>198007142349000 198007150047000
>198007150202000 198007150259000
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>198007170027000 198007171802000
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>198007180739000 198007181153000
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>198007190415180 198007191900000
>198007191935000 198007192312000
>198007192320000 198007201513000
>198007201730000 198007211240000
>198007211248000 198007211800000
>198007211902000 198007220533000
>198007220713000 198007221415000
>198007221428180 198007231548000
>198007231630000 198007240614000
>198007240826000 198007251221000
>198007251500000 198007260219000
>198007260250000 198007260311000
>198007260323000 198007260815000
>198007260829000 198007261001000
>198007261054000 198007261825180
>198007261912180 198007261916180
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>Magnetics Data (l-6-80-bs.220_052)
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>198007090118060 198007090307000
>198007090826420 198007090835300
>198007100354360 198007110144240
>198007110255000 198007110945000
>198007110951000 198007130630060
>198007130702180 198007142000480
>198007142350180 198007160210120
>198007160220180 198007161855420
>198007162240420 198007172300420
>198007172337000 198007190252000
>198007190421060 198007190529300
>198007190542240 198007191903060
>198007191909360 198007191910060
>198007191952480 198007220409000
>198007220417240 198007220516120
>198007220751060 198007250414300
>198007250423120 198007270914120
>198007270951180 198007271026240
>198007271103000 198007271138000
>198007271214360 198007271549240
>198007271626000 198007271701060
>198007271737480 198007271849000
>198007271925360 198007272112300
>198007272149120 198007280047540
>198007280125000 198007280210480
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>Bathymetry Data (l-6-80-bs.325_052)
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>198007090115300 198007090315120
>198007090900000 198007100746000
>198007100758540 198007131244480
>198007131300060 198007131904540
>198007131925360 198007142000000
>198007150000300 198007151928120
>198007151940000 198007160215120
>198007160230120 198007160400000
>198007160413480 198007161905000
>198007170043000 198007170134420
>198007170145060 198007172300120
>198007172315000 198007182113180
>198007182135000 198007210849540
>198007210921060 198007252005060
>198007252100240 198007261829060
>198007261920000 198007270243180
>198007270254540 198007271539540
>198007271600120 198007280340000
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>Seismic Shots Data (l-6-80-bs.422_052)
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
>198007091328540 198007100111050
>198007100123380 198007100331050
>198007100410170 198007100435480
>198007100458460 198007100708180
>198007100713560 198007100740080
>198007100746150 198007100746150
>198007100752120 198007100901380
>198007100908010 198007101622000
>198007111529250 198007111717480
>198007111725230 198007120043440
>198007120049290 198007120221490
>198007120235020 198007120303370
>198007120345190 198007120412190
>198007120448080 198007120750200
>198007120757190 198007121529080
>198007121546220 198007121820030
>198007121827350 198007121916340
>198007121948570 198007122022520
>198007122110060 198007122117180
>198007122123460 198007122134340
>198007122227100 198007130621160
>198007130733010 198007130938220
>198007130944280 198007131011590
>198007131051420 198007131116100
>198007131205030 198007131208070
>198007131214140 198007131232340
>198007131318060 198007131336270
>198007131345370 198007131345370
>198007131416100 198007131854180
>198007131927550 198007132201330
>198007132207080 198007140136350
>198007140243460 198007141629460
>198007141652450 198007141952230
>198007170231250 198007170639330
>198007170733220 198007171759090
>198007171834500 198007172015060
>198007172021000 198007172050430
>198007172056260 198007180052230
>198007180057350 198007180201270
>198007180207220 198007180228320
>198007180236580 198007180849130
>198007180854170 198007181158520
>198007181204510 198007181425440
>198007181431580 198007181832260
>198007181845540 198007190245520
>198007190423520 198007191543410
>198007191549540 198007191549540
>198007191556040 198007191653110
>198007191659370 198007191800420
>198007191813100 198007191854430
>198007191932490 198007200139200
>198007200150470 198007201505310
>198007201708060 198007210352450
>198007210401180 198007210500240
>198007210508530 198007211747180
>198007211827400 198007220147350
>198007220153300 198007220519550
>198007220759520 198007221202260
>198007221208500 198007231055100
>198007231100190 198007231458110
>198007231703380 198007240444020
>198007240450120 198007240523430
>198007240832320 198007241517350
>198007241523460 198007242022110
>198007242108330 198007242141030
>198007242219060 198007242253320
>198007242325070 198007251149330
>198007251501490 198007251931060
>198007251936570 198007251948390
>198007251954280 198007260209180
>198007260308130 198007260502590
>198007260509250 198007261004070
>198007261056140 198007261819270
>198007261918140 198007262207130
>198007262213240 198007270238100
>YYYYMMDDHHMMSST YYYYMMDDHHMMSST
Unspecified
Unspecified
Navigation Data
>Converted to time format with year at start.
>
>11/26/85 EDM DUA0:[DATA.DRSDATA.NAVL.L680BS]L680BS.052;
>DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
>
19960119
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Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
mailing and physical address
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
CA
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USA
(650) 329-5055
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Gravity Data
>10/31/1998 /tiger/l/l680bs/grav/l-6-80-bs.153_052
>/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge
>
>Input was...
>Converted to time format with year at start.
>
>10/25/85 BARB DRS$DATA:[L680BS.G]L680BS.153;
>DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4
>
>Input was...
>Converted to time format with year at start.
>
>11/26/85 EDM DUA0:[DATA.DRSDATA.NAVL.L680BS]L680BS.052;
>DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
>
>time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values
19981031
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Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
mailing and physical address
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
CA
94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055
(650) 329-5190
infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov <mailto:infobank@octopus.wr.usgs.gov>
Magnetics Data
>06/20/2012 carolyn l-6-80-bs.220_052
>
>Reprocessed using subroutines from Susan Macmillan's
>IGRF SYNTHESIS PROGRAM <http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/IAGA/vmod/igrf11.f>
>with IGRF-11 coeffiecients integrated into the source code.
>/infobank/programs/mag/magred11/magred11.for
>Using geodetic coordinate system (Earth shape approximated by spheriod)
>with altitude 0.0 km (for sea level).
>
>Input was...
>10/31/1998 /tiger/l/l680bs/mag/l-6-80-bs.200_052
>/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge
>
>Converted to time format with year at start.
>
>10/31/85 CAROLYN DRS$DATA:[L680BS.M]L680BS.200;
>DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;4
>was L680BS.SATSA1.MAGSC1 on TAM395
>was L680BS240.DAT on VAM395
>
>Converted to time format with year at start.
>
>11/26/85 EDM DUA0:[DATA.DRSDATA.NAVL.L680BS]L680BS.052;
>DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
>
>time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values
20120620
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Clint Steele <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
mailing and physical address
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
CA
94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055
(650) 329-5190
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Bathymetry Data
>10/31/1998 /tiger/l/l680bs/bath/l-6-80-bs.325_052
>/bear/programs/edit/automerge/automerge
>
>Input was...
>Converted to time format with year at start.
>
>09/06/85 BECKIE DUA0:[DATA.L680BS.B]L680BS.325;
>DRB0:[DRS.NGDC]UNREFNGDC.EXE;
>This file was hand-digetized in 2-way traveltime(secs).
>Mathews area 25 was used to calculate corr_depth.
>
>Input was...
>Converted to time format with year at start.
>
>11/26/85 EDM DUA0:[DATA.DRSDATA.NAVL.L680BS]L680BS.052;
>DRB0:[DRS.REFMT]REFORMAT.EXE;5
>
>time, lat, long, time(sec) to nearest nav fix, data values
19981031
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InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
mailing and physical address
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
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94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055
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North Bering Sea, Alaska
Point
Point
0.00001
0.00001
Decimal degrees
North American Datum of 1927
Clarke 1866
6378206.4
294.98
Local surface
0.1
meters
Attribute values
Bathymetry with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/bath.html>
Gravity with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/grav.html>
Magnetics with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/mag.html>
Navigation with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/nav.html>
Seismic Shots with Time Stamp <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/seis.html>
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InfoBank Group Leader <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/staff/csteele.html>
mailing and physical address
USGS, MailStop 999, 345 Middlefield Road
Menlo Park
CA
94025-3561
USA
(650) 329-5055
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Downloadable Data L-6-80-BS data set <http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/l/l680bs/html/l-6-80-bs.meta.html>
Please recognize the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as
the source of this information.
Physical materials are under controlled on-site access.
Some USGS information accessed through this means
may be preliminary in nature and presented without
the approval of the Director of the USGS. This
information is provided with the understanding
that it is not guaranteed to be correct or complete
and conclusions drawn from such information are
the responsibility of the user.
This information is not intended for navigational
purposes.
Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for
descriptive purposes only and does not imply
endorsement by the U.S. Government.
ASCII
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