Processed multichannel seismic data in the Bering and Chukchi seas off Alaska, acquired during the R/V Maurice Ewing survey EW9410 (1994)

• Main Authors: Klemperer, Simon L., Miller, Elizabeth L.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance (IEDA) 2018
• Subjects: Marine Geoscience; Oceans; Solid Earth; Seismic Reflection; Arctic; SeismicActiveMCSProcessed; EW9410; Maurice Ewing; Bering Strait; Bering Strait, shelf; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Pacific; Maurice; Ewing; Navarin; Barrow; Chukchi; Chukchi Peninsula; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/ieda/500121; http://doi.iedadata.org/500121

Stanford University, in conjunction with the U.S. Geological Survey, and with participation by the Institute of the Lithosphere and the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Geodynamics Research Institute of Texas A and M University, conducted deep seismic investigations of the continental crust beneath the Bering and Chukchi Seas, Alaska, during the month of August, 1994. The data was recorded to two-way travel-times of 15 to 23 seconds, with 50-75 m shot spacing. Two north-south transects were profiled. The eastern transect extended from 58 degrees 50'N, 168 degrees 32'W, well within the continental shelf of the Bering Sea, north of the Pribilof Islands, to just south of the shelf edge north of Barrow, Alaska, at 71 degrees 49'N, 154 degrees 33'W. Ice prevented continuation of the line beyond the shelf edge. The western transect extended from the central Chukchi Sea, well within the shelf at 71 degrees 23'N, 163 degrees 00'W, into the Aleutian basin at 58 degrees 00'N, 178 degrees 30'W, near Navarinsky Canyon. An additional short line crossing over the Beringian margin a second time was recorded near Zemchung Canyon east of the western transect. The profiles cross important strike-slip faults, possible terrane boundaries, two continental margins, and several Cretaceous/Tertiary sedimentary basins (Norton, Hope, Chukchi, and Navarin Basins). Together with the preceding cruise EW9409, the profiles provide a continuous transect across the North American continent, from the Pacific to Arctic Ocean. Most of the multi-channel (MCS) data is of high quality, but bad weather, strong currents, and recording problems sometimes presented difficulties during data acquisition. Gravity, magnetic, and sonobuoy data were also recorded along the profiles. Wide-angle recording was done in conjunction with the seismic profiling, at recording sites located along the central west coast of Alaska and the Chukchi Peninsula, as well as on islands in the Bering Strait and Bering Sea. The purpose was to conduct deep seismic investigations of the continental crust beneath the Bering and Chukchi Seas. Funded by NSF grant OCE93-17087.