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Metadata
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ID
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L-5-82-SP
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Abstract
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United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park,
California,Ministry of Lands, Survey, and Natural Resources
of the Kingdom of Tonga. Chief Scientists: Dave Scholl, Tun
Maung. Geophysical data (3dot5khz, 12khz, airgun, gravity,
uniboom, magnetics, sonobuoy, airgunmonitor, courserecorder,
bathgravnav, dopplersonar, integratednavigation, LoranC,
transitsatellite, bathnav, gravitycore, chaindredge,
24channel) of field activity L-5-82-SP in Tonga Ridge,
Southern Pacific from 03/28/1982 to 04/25/1982
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Organization
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United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
Ministry of Lands, Survey, and Natural Resources of the Kingdom of Tonga
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Chief Scientist
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Dave Scholl
Tun Maung
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Activity Type
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Geophysical
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Platform
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Samuel Phillips Lee
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Area of Operation
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Tonga Ridge, Southern Pacific
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Location map
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Bounding Coordinates
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-14.43070
168.41679 -170.74139
-23.47230
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Ports
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leave Pago Pago, American Samoa
arrive Tongatapu, Tonga
leave Tongatapu, Tonga
arrive Suva, Fiji
leave Suva, Fiji
arrive Port Vila, Vanuatu
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Dates
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03/28/1982 (JD 087) to 04/25/1982 (JD 115)
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Analog Materials
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list
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Index map
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Crew
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Aaron Dunwald
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Chief Engineer, USGS
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Andy Stevenson
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Geologist, USGS
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Barbara Seekins
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Navigator, USGS
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Bob Rowland
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Geologist, USGS
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Chris Gutmacher
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Geologist, USGS
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Dave Falvey
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Geophysicist, U Sydney Au
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Dave Melendrez
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Chief Mate
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Dave Scholl
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Chief Scientist, USGS
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Dennis Mann
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Geophysicist, USGS
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Don Tiffin
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Geologist, CCOP/SOPAC
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Donna Blackman
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Navigator, USGS
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Gary Greene
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Geologist, USGS
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George Asuncion
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Electronics Technician, USGS
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Graig McHendrie
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Navigator, USGS
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Greg Lewis
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Geologist, USGS
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Guy Cochrane
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Geologist, USGS
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Hal Williams
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Mechanical Technician, USGS
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Jacque Daniel
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Geophysicist, N Caledon
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Jeff Rupert
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Mechanical Technician, USGS
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Jon Childs
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Geophysicist, USGS
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Kaye Kinoshita
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Navigator, USGS
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Larry Kooker
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Electronics Technician, USGS
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Mark Sandstrom
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Geologist, Australi
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Neville Exon
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Geologist, BMR
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Rick Herzer
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Geologist, New Zealand
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Roy Fields
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Electronics Technician, USGS
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Sione Soakai
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Watchstander, Tonga
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Tracy Vallier
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Geologist, USGS
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Tun Maung
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Chief Scientist, CCOP/SOPAC
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Vern Pilgrim
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Ship Captain
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Equipment Used
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3dot5khz
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12khz
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airgun
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gravity
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uniboom
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magnetics
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sonobuoy
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airgunmonitor
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courserecorder
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bathgravnav
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dopplersonar
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integratednavigation
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LoranC
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transitsatellite
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bathnav
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gravitycore
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chaindredge
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24channel
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Purpose
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Geology and offshore resources of the Tonga region.
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Information to be Derived
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Seismic reflection profiles, bathymetry.
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Summary
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2,324 km of 24-channel seismic reflection profiles across the
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Lau Basin, Tonga Ridge, and Tonga Trench.
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Notes
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Australia-New Zealand-United States Tripartite Agreement of 1982
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NGDC Overview
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! Converted to time format with year at start.
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DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW (use NGDC GEODAS CD to retrieve data)
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MCG Data Collection ID --- L582SP
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Institution Data Collection ID --- L582SP
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NGDC ID --- 06050079
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Funding --- (unspecified)
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Project, Cruise & Leg --- Tun Maung
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Study region --- -14.00000,-24.00000,+168.00000,-170.00000
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Chief Scientist(s) --- Dave Scholl
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Name of vessel --- Lee (surface ship)
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Date field data collection started --- 03/28/82 LV PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN S
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Date field data collection ended --- 04/25/82 AR PORT VILA, VANUATU
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Parameters surveyed ---
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Bathymetry: surveyed, contained in data file
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Magnetics: surveyed, contained in data file
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Gravity: surveyed, contained in data file
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High-resolution seismics: (unspecified)
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Deep penetration seismics: (unspecified)
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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)
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Date of data input to NGDC --- 06/24/87
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Contributing institution --- USGS Branch of Pacific Marine Geology
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Country --- United States
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Navigation instrumentation --- (unspecified)
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Position determination method --- (unspecified)
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Bathymetry instrumentation --- (unspecified)
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Additional forms of bathymetric data --- (unspecified)
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General rate of bathymetry in file --- 1.4 minutes
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General collection rate of bathymetry --- (unspecified)
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Assumed sound velocity --- (unspecified)
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Bathymetric datum code --- No correction applied (sea level)
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Bathmetry interpolation scheme --- (unspecified)
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Magnetics instrumentation --- (unspecified)
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Additional forms of magnetics data --- (unspecified)
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General rate of magnetics in file --- 1.3 minutes
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General collection rate of magnetics --- (unspecified)
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Magnetic sensor tow distance --- (unspecified)
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Magnetic sensor depth --- (unspecified)
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Two sensor horizontal separation --- (unspecified)
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Residual magnetics reference field --- (unspecified)
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Method of applying residual field --- (unspecified)
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Gravity instrumentation --- (unspecified)
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Additional forms of gravity data --- (unspecified)
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General rate of gravity in file --- 1.4 minutes
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General collection rate of gravity --- (unspecified)
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Theoretical gravity formula --- (unspecified)
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Reference system --- (unspecified)
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Corrections applied --- (unspecified)
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Starting land tie --- (unspecified)
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Ending land tie --- (unspecified)
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Seismic instrumentation --- (unspecified)
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Formats of seismic data --- (unspecified)
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Publications
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Scholl, D.W., U Maung, Tun, Vallier, T.V., Childs, J., Stevenson, A.J., Exon, N.F., Herzer, R.H.,
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Sandstrom, M.W., and Soaki, S., 1982, Preliminary results of geophysical and geological studies
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to assess resource potential and geologic evolution of central Tonga Ridge and summit platform
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(21-24 degrees latitude), in Circum-Pacific energy and mineral resources conference: American
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Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 66, no. 7, p. 983.
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Greene, H.G., and Wong, F.L., 1983, Hydrocarbon resource studies in the Southwest Pacific:
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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-0293, 27 p.
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Maung, T.U., Exon, Neville F., Sandstrom, M.W., Herzer, R., Stevenson, Andrew J.,
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Childs, J.R., Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., 1982, Tonga Ridge; initial results
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of new geologic and geophysical studies, in American Geophysical Union 1982 fall meeting:
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American Geophysical Union Eos, Transactions, v. 63, no. 45, p. 1121.
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Wong, Florence L., and Greene, H. Gary, 1984, Hydrocarbon- and mineral-resource investigations
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in the Southwest Pacific, in Clarke, Samuel H., ed., U.S. Geological Survey highlights in
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marine research: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 0938, p. 37-48.
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Stevenson, Andrew J., and Childs, Jonathan R., 1985, Single channel seismic and geopotential
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data collection and processing, in Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., eds., Geology and
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offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific Council
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Energy and Mineral Resources.
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Childs, Jonathan R., 1985, Acoustic properties of sediment on the southern Tonga Platform
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as determined from seismic sonobuoy studies, in Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., eds.,
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Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific
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Council Energy and Mineral Resources.
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Mann, Dennis M., 1985, Multichannel profiles collected in 1982 in the Tonga region of the
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South Pacific, in Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., eds.,
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Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific
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Council Energy and Mineral Resources.
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Koski, Randolph A., Hein, James R., Bouse, Robin M., and Sliney, Rosemary E., 1985,
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Composition and origin of ferromanganese crusts from Tonga Platform, Southwest Pacific,
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in Scholl, David W., and Vallier, Tracy L., eds.,
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Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston, TX, Circum-Pacific
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Council Energy and Mineral Resources.
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Cole, Jeffrey E., and Mann, Dennis M., 1985, Velocity analyses of near seafloor strata based
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on multichannel seismic data from the Tonga Platform, in Scholl, David W., and Vallier,
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Tracy L., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; Tonga region: Houston,
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TX, Circum-Pacific Council Energy and Mineral Resources.
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Mann, Dennis M., Scholl, David W., and Sliter, Ray W., 1986, Multichannel seismic-reflection
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data collected in 1982 in the Tonga region of the South Pacific Ocean: U.S. Geological Survey
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Open-File Report 86-0457, 4 p., 2 sheets.
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Bruns, T.R., Cooper, A.K., Mann, D.M., and Vedder, John G., 1986, Seismic stratigraphy and
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structure of sedimentary basins in the Solomon Islands region, in Vedder, John G., Pound,
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K.S., and Boundy, S.Q., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs; central
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and western Solomon Islands: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth
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Science Series, v. 4, p. 177-214.
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Wong, Florence L., Richmond, B.A., Greene, H.G., Dingler, John R., Hein, James R.,
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Kvenvolden, Keith A., Marlow, M.S., Morton, Janet L., Rubin, D.M., Scholl, D.W., and
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Vedder, J.G., 1991, SOPAC; a decade of research on mineral and hydrocarbon resources in
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the South Pacific, in Good, Elizabeth E., Slack, John F, and Kotra, Rama K., eds.,
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USGS research on mineral resources, 1991; program and abstracts: U.S. Geological Survey
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Circular 1062, p. 78-79.
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Greene, H. Gary., Scholl, David W., Vedder, John G., and Wong, Florence L., 1988,
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Oil and gas potential of island arcs in the Southwest Pacific; a new frontier,
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in Wagner, Holly C., Wagner, Leslie C., Wang, Frank F.H., and Wong, Florence L.,
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eds., Petroleum resources of China and related subject: Circum-Pacific Council
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for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 10, p. 671-691.
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http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/fliers/87-MGG-10
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Got Help?
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For L-5-82-SP, we would appreciate any information on -- contract, days at sea, dive count, funding, information specialist, kms of navigation, national plan, owner, project, project number, scanned materials, seismic description, station count, station description, submersible, tabulated info.
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