Alternate Leg ID: 09007
Area of Operations: Arctic Ocean
Dates: August 06, 2009 to September 17, 2009
Objectives: Sediment thickness mapping using multichannel seismics and sonobuoys on the potential U.S. extended continental shelf north of Alaska.
Type of Activity: Seismic profiling
Information to be derived: Sea Floor Map Bathymetric Maps Morphology
Summary: 4062 km of 16-channel multichannel seismic data
51 sonobuoys (46 good)
8355 line km 12 kHz echo sounder
177 Helicopter spot soundings
9 CTD Rosettes
72 XCTDs
Underway measurement of seawater salinity, temperature, flourescence, gas tension, and oxygen saturation.
Underway ice observations (log)
Underway marine mammal observations (log)
USGS Project Number: 2921-0FQ86 - Project Description
Contact: Deborah Hutchinson (dhutchinson@usgs.gov)
InfoBank: uses the identifier L-7-09-AR. Visit this site for more information.
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