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ID D-3-81-BS
Abstract Chief Scientists: Paul Carlson, Herman Karl. Geological and Geophysical data (3dot5khz, minisparker, sidescansonar, magnetics, airgun, underwatertelevision, boxcore, dartcore, vibratingcore, VanVeengrab, waterbucket, gravitycore, CTDmeter, Hydroproducts, expendablebatthermograph, heatflow, Niskenbottle) of field activity D-3-81-BS in Bering Sea, Alaska from 07/08/1981 to 07/28/1981
Chief Scientist Paul Carlson
Herman Karl
Activity Type Geological and Geophysical
Platform Discoverer
Area of Operation
Bering Sea, Alaska
Location map D-3-81-BS location map of where navigation equipment operated
Bounding Coordinates 61.14167
179.52966    -174.09866
56.86867
Ports leave Adak, AK
arrive Dutch Harbor, AK
Dates 07/08/1981 (JD 189) to 07/28/1981 (JD 209)
Analog Materials list
Index map

D-3-81-BS map of where navigation equipment operated

Crew
Paul Carlson Chief Scientist, USGS Western Region
Herman Karl Chief Scientist, USGS Western Region
Equipment Used
3dot5khz
minisparker
sidescansonar
magnetics
airgun
underwatertelevision
boxcore
dartcore
vibratingcore
VanVeengrab
waterbucket
gravitycore
CTDmeter
Hydroproducts
expendablebatthermograph
heatflow
Niskenbottle
NGDC Overview
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DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW (use NGDC GEODAS CD to retrieve data)
MCG Data Collection ID --- D381BS
Institution Data Collection ID --- D381BS
NGDC ID --- 06250011
Funding --- (unspecified)
Project, Cruise & Leg --- (unspecified)
Study region --- +62.00000,+56.00000,+179.00000,-174.00000
Chief Scientist(s) --- Herman Karl
Name of vessel --- Discoverer (surface ship)
Date field data collection started --- 07/08/81 LV ADAK
Date field data collection ended --- 07/28/81 AR DUTCH HARBOR
Parameters surveyed ---
Bathymetry: surveyed, contained in data file
Magnetics: (unspecified)
Gravity: (unspecified)
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 --- 06/17/87
Contributing institution --- USGS Branch of Pacific Marine Geology
Country --- United States
Navigation instrumentation --- (unspecified)
Position determination method --- (unspecified)
Bathymetry instrumentation --- (unspecified)
Additional forms of bathymetric data --- (unspecified)
General rate of bathymetry in file --- 20.2 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 --- (unspecified)
Additional forms of magnetics data --- (unspecified)
General rate of magnetics in file --- (unspecified)
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 --- (unspecified)
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 --- (unspecified)
Formats of seismic data --- (unspecified)
Publications
Carlson, Paul R., Karl, Herman A., Fischer, Jeffrey M., and Edwards, Brian D., 1982,
Geologic hazards in Navarin Basin Province, northern Bering Sea: Offshore Technology
Conference Proceedings, no. 14, v. 1, p. 73-87.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., 1982, High-resolution seismic reflection profiles; Navarin
Basin Province, northern Bering Sea, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0786, 6 p.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1982, Location and description of sediment samples; Navarin
Basin Province, Bering Sea, 1980-81: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-0958, 6 p.

Fischer, J.M., Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., 1982, Bathymetric map of Navarin Basin
Province, northern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1038, 11 p.

Carlson, Paul R., Karl, Herman A., and Johnson, Kenneth A., 1981, Morphology, sedimentology,
and genesis of three large submarine canyons adjacent to Navarin Basin, Bering Sea, in Association
round table; 1981 American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention with divisions;
Society For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA; technical program summaries and abstracts: American
Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65, no. 5, p. 909.

Karl, H.A., Carlson, P.R., and Cacchione, D.A., 1981, Factors influencing sediment transport
at shelf break, in 1981 American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention with
divisions; Society For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA: American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Bulletin, v. 65, no. 5, p. 943.

Carlson, Paul R., Karl, Herman A., and Quinterno, Paula J., 1982, Sedimentologic processes
in world's largest submarine canyons, Bering Sea, Alaska, in Braunstein, Jules, and Thomson, A.F.,
chairperson, 95th annual meeting, The Geological Society of America: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 14, no. 7, p. 459-460.

Carlson, P.R., Fischer, J.M., and Karl, H.A., 1983, Two newly discovered submarine canyons
on the Alaskan continental margin of Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
83-0024, 38 p.

Carlson, P.R., Molnia, B.F., Post, Austin, Wheeler, M.C., and Powell, R.D., 1983, Maps showing
post-neoglacial sediment thickness and bathymetry in Tarr Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S.
Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1456, 1 sheet.

Vogel, Timothy M., Kvenvolden, Keith A., and Carlson, Paul R., 1981, Geochemical prospecting
for hydrocarbons in Navarin Basin province, in 1981 American Association of Petroleum Geologists
annual convention with divisions; Society For Sedimentary Geology/EMD/DPA: American Association
of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 65, no. 5, p. 1004.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, H.A., Kvenvolden, K.A., Vogel, T.M., and Fischer, J.A., 1983, Sea-floor
hazards of the Navarin Basin, northern Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 1375, p. 118-119.

Carlson, Paul R., and Karl, Herman A., 1984, Discovery of two new large submarine canyons
in the Bering Sea: Marine Geology, v. 56, no. 1-4, p. 159-179.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1984, Geologic hazards, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds.,
Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 11-14.

Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1984, Textural variations of surficial bottom sediment, in
Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province;
results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 15-20.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., 1984, Rates of sediment accumulation, in Carlson, P.R., and Karl,
H.A., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81
field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 21-27.

Carlson, P.R., and Karl, H.A., 1984, Rates of sediment accumulation, in Karl, H.A., and
Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of
the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 21-27.

Carlson, P.R., Fischer, J.M., Karl, H.A., and Larkin, Christopher, 1984, Isopach map of
seismic unit A, youngest sedimentary sequence in Navarin Basin, in Karl, H.A., and
Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of
the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 33-38.

Edwards, B.D., and Lee, H.J., 1984, Summary of Navarin Basin geotechnical characteristics, in
Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province;
results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 39-54.

Golan-Bac, Margaret, and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1984, Hydrocarbon gases in sediments; results
from 1981 field season, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface
geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 55-75.

Quinterno, Paula, 1984, Benthic foraminifers, in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface
and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 76-99.

Baldauf, Jack G., 1984, Diatom analysis of surface samples recovered from Pervenets Canyon,
in Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin
province; results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089,
p. 100-112.

Blunt, D.J., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1984, Aspartic acid geochronology of molluscs, in
Karl, H.A., and Carlson, P.R., eds., Surface and near-surface geology, Navarin Basin province;
results of the 1980-81 field seasons: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-0089, p. 113-118.

Karl, Herman A., Carlson, Paul R., and Cacchione, David A., 1983, Factors that influence
sediment transport at the shelfbreak, in Stanley, Daniel Jean and Moore, George T., eds.,
The shelfbreak; critical interface on continental margins: Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists Special Publication, v. 33, p. 219-231.

Field, Michael E., Carlson, Paul R., and Hall, Robert K., 1983, Seismic facies of shelfedge
deposits, U.S. Pacific continental margin, in Stanley, Daniel Jean, and Moore, George T., eds.,
The shelfbreak; critical interface on continental margins: Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists Special Publication, v. 33, p. 299-313.

Carlson, Paul R., Karl, Herman A., and Edwards, Brian D., 1982, Puzzling mass movement features in
the Navarinsky Canyon head, Bering Sea, in Seafloor stability of continental margins research
conference: Geo-Marine Letters, v. 2, no. 3-4, p. 123-127.

Karl, Herman A., and Carlson, Paul R., 1982, Large sand waves in Navarinsky Canyon head,
Bering Sea, in Seafloor stability of continental margins research conference: Geo-Marine
Letters, v. 2, no. 3-4, p. 157-162.

Carlson, Paul R., Golan-Bac, Margaret., Karl, Herman A., and Kvenvolden, Keith A., 1985,
Seismic and geochemical evidence for shallow gas in sediment on Navarin continental margin,
Bering Sea: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 69, no. 3, p. 422-436.

Carlson, Paul R., and Karl, Herman A., 1985, Mass movement of fine-grained sediment to the
basin floor, Bering Sea, Alaska, in Origins, transport, and deposition of fine-grained
sediments, 1984 Society For Sedimentary Geology research conference, Part 1: Geo-Marine
Letters, v. 4, no. 3-4, p. 221-225.

Karl, Herman A., Carlson, P.R., and Johnson, K.H., 1984, Sediment distribution on the
outer continental margin of an epicontinental sea; Bering Sea, Alaska, in Society of
Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists first annual midyear meeting: Society For
Sedimentary Geology Midyear Meeting Abstracts, v. 1, p. 41.

Karl, H.A., Cacchione, D.A., and Carlson, P.R., 1986, Internal-wave currents as a
mechanism to account for large sand waves in Navarinsky Canyon head, Bering Sea:
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 56, no. 5, p. 706-714.

Karl, Herman A., and Carlson, Paul R., 1987, Surface current patterns suggested by suspended
sediment distribution over the outer continental margin, Bering Sea: Marine Geology, v. 74,
no. 3-4, p. 301-308.

Karl, H.A., Carlson, P.R., Johnson, K.H., and Rearic, Douglas M., 1987, Grain-size
parameters and constituent grain composition of surface sediment in Navarin Basin
Province, Bering Sea: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-0064, 26 p.

Carlson, Paul R., and Karl, Herman A., 1988, Development of large submarine canyons in the Bering
Sea, indicated by morphologic, seismic, and sedimentologic characteristics: Geological Society of
America Bulletin, v. 100, no. 10, p. 1594-1615.

Carlson, Paul R., Karl, Herman A., and Edwards, Brian D., 1991, Mass sediment
failure and transport features revealed by acoustic techniques, Beringian margin,
Bering Sea, Alaska: Marine Geotechnology, v. 10, no. 1-2, p. 33-51.

Carlson, P.R., Karl, H.A., Edwards, B.D., Gardner, J.V., and Hall, R., 1993, Mass
movement related to large submarine canyons along the Beringian margin, Alaska, in
Schwab, W.C., Lee, H.J., Twichell, D.C., eds., Submarine landslides; selected
studies in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2002,
p. 104-116.
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