Area of Operations: Central/Eastern Alaskan North Slope, Alaska, United States, North America
Dates: July 12, 2010 to July 19, 2010
Chief scientist: Carolyn Ruppel
Objectives: Map shallow methane and methane seeps; constrain shallow lake stratigraphy at locations of cores
acquired for the project in April 2010; infer deeper structure if possible.
Type of Activity: Seismic profiling; Sea floor mapping; Ground penetrating radar in lakes;Ground penetrating radar in lakes
Information to be derived:
Summary: Edgetech 424, boomer, and lake bottom sonar/water column images were collected from a small boat over the northern part of Lake Teshekpuk, including an area of previously identified shallow methane.
Contact: Carolyn Ruppel (cruppel@usgs.gov)
InfoBank: uses the identifier T-1-10-AR. Visit this site for more information.
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