USGS CMG S-6-77-BS Metadata

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DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW  (use NGDC GEODAS CD to retrieve data)

MCG Data Collection ID ---         S677BS
Institution Data Collection ID --- S677BS
NGDC ID ---                        06110004
Funding ---                        (unspecified)
Project, Cruise & Leg ---          Jim Gardner
Study region ---                   +58.00000,+53.00000,-173.00000,-151.00000
Chief Scientist(s) ---             Tracy Vallier
Name of vessel ---                 Sea Sounder (surface ship)
Date field data collection started --- 08/06/77     LV DUTCH HARBOR, AK
Date field data collection ended ---   09/10/77     AR KODIAK, AK
Parameters surveyed ---
   Bathymetry:                     surveyed, contained in data file
   Magnetics:                      surveyed, contained in data file
   Gravity:                        surveyed, contained in data file
   High-resolution seismics:       (unspecified)
   Deep penetration seismics:      (unspecified)
Format --- 

(I1,A8,F5.2,4I2,F5.3,F8.5,F9.5,I1,F6.4,F6.1,I2,i1,3F6.1,I1,F5.1,F6.0,F7.1,F6.1,F5.1,A8,4I1)
Date of data input to NGDC ---     05/21/87
Contributing institution ---       USGS Branch of Pacific Marine Geology
Country ---                        United States

Navigation instrumentation ---     SHIPBOARD INTEGRATED NAV LORAN C MARCONI
Position determination method ---   SATTELITE NAVIG. DOPPLER SONAR

Bathymetry instrumentation ---            3.5 KHZ BATHYMETRY 12 KHZ BATHYMETRY
Additional forms of bathymetric data ---  (unspecified)
General rate of bathymetry in file ---    2.3 minutes
General collection rate of bathymetry --- (unspecified)
Assumed sound velocity ---                (unspecified)
Bathymetric datum code ---                No correction applied (sea level)
Bathmetry interpolation scheme ---        (unspecified)

Magnetics instrumentation ---            MAGNETOMETER (SHIPBOARD)
Additional forms of magnetics data ---   (unspecified)
General rate of magnetics in file ---    1.3 minutes
General collection rate of magnetics --- (unspecified)
Magnetic sensor tow distance ---         (unspecified)
Magnetic sensor depth ---                (unspecified)
Two sensor horizontal separation ---     (unspecified)
Residual magnetics reference field ---   (unspecified)
Method of applying residual field ---    (unspecified)

Gravity instrumentation ---            (unspecified)
Additional forms of gravity data ---   (unspecified)
General rate of gravity in file ---    1.4 minutes
General collection rate of gravity --- (unspecified)
Theoretical gravity formula ---        (unspecified)
Reference system ---                   (unspecified)
Corrections applied ---                (unspecified)
Starting land tie ---                  (unspecified)
Ending land tie   ---                  (unspecified)

Seismic instrumentation --- 160 KJ SPARKER
Formats of seismic data --- (unspecified)

Gardner, J.V. and Vallier, T.L., 1978, Underway seismic data collected on
U.S.G.S. cruise S6-77, southeastern Bering Sea, U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 78-322, 5 p., 1 sheet. URL:
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr78322
Additional publication information at:
http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/pubs/id/13542

Cooper, A.K., Scholl, D.W., Marlow, M.S., Childs, J.R., Redden, G.P., and 
Kvenvolden, K.A., 1978, The Aleutian Basin, Bering Sea; a frontier area for 
hydrocarbon exploration: Offshore Technology Conference Proceedings, no. 10, v. 
1, p. 353-362.

Gardner, J.V., Vallier, T.L., Dean, W.E., Kvenvolden, K.A., and Redden, G.D., 
1979, Sedimentology and geochemistry of surface sediments and the distribution 
of faults and potentially unstable sediments, St. George Basin region of the 
outer continental shelf, southern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 
Report 79-1562, 88 p. URL:
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr791562

Lee-Wong, F., Vallier, T.L., Hopkins, D.M., and Silberman, M.L., 1979, 
Preliminary report on the petrography and geochemistry of basalt from the 
Pribilof Islands and vicinity, southern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey 
Open-File Report 79-1556, 53 p. URL:
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr791556

Cooper, A.K., Scholl, D.W., Marlow, M.S., Childs, J.R., Redden, G.D., 
Kvenvolden, K.A., and Stevenson, A.J., 1979, Hydrocarbon potential of Aleutian 
Basin, Bering Sea: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 61, 
no. 11, pt. 1, p. 2070-2087.

Lee-Wong, F., and Vallier, T.L., 1979, Petrology of alkali basalt from the 
Pribilof Islands region, southern Bering Sea: American Geophysical Union Eos, 
Transactions, v. 60, no. 46, p. 972.

Kvenvolden, K.A., and Redden, G.D., 1980, Hydrocarbon gas in sediment from the 
shelf, slope, and basin of the Bering Sea: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 
44, no. 8, p. 1145-1150.

Wong, F.L., Vallier, T.L., Underwood, M.B., Gardner, J.V., and Jones, D.L., 
1980, Petrology of rocks from the Pribilof Islands region, southern Bering Sea 
shelf: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1175, p. 162-163.

Kvenvolden, K.A., Vogel, T.M., and Gardner, J.V., 1981, Geochemical prospecting 
for hydrocarbons in the outer continental shelf, southern Bering Sea, Alaska:
Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 14, no. 2-3, p. 209-219.