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Field Activity Details for field activity 1992-006-FA

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Other ID: NPTN92-1

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David Foster

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquisition of high-resolution seismic reflection, sidescan sonar, and bathymetric data for the Regional Great Lakes Mapping Project.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Chicago, IL

End Port/Location: Chicago, IL

Start Date: 1992-05-18

End Date: 1992-05-25

Equipment Used: Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, DGPS, Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sidescan sonar: 7 analog paper rolls, 3 thermal paper rolls and 6 8-mm digital tapes; echo sounder: 2 analog paper rolls, 5 3.5" diskettes with navigation; Sub-bottom: 7 analog paper rolls, 14 analog VHS tapes.

Staff: David Foster, Barry Irwin, Kenneth F. Parolski, Andrew Brill

Affiliate Staff:
W. Wood - Purdue; T. Thompson - Indiana Geological Survey (IGS)

Notes:
Project = Regional Great Lake Mapping, Regional Great Lake Mapping

Location:

Gary, Burns Harbor, Michigan City, Indiana, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 41.90113978 South: 41.60882475 West: -87.38585836 East: -86.72176332

Platform(s):


Neptune

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including vessel details, personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, trackmap.
Data log (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's seismic and navigation cruise logbook with start and end of line times, data tape number, and comments and observations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
1992-006-FA-SO-001 (microfilm of )
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system --- Sidescan
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1992-006-FA-SE-003 (microfilm of )
1992-006-FA-SE-001 (Collection of paper record displays of seismic data( 3.5K) for lines )
1992-006-FA-SE-002 (VHS digital tapes for line(s) 6-9, 9-12, 12-14, 14, 15-17, 17-19, 19-22, 23-25, 26-29, 29-30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, )
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder --- Single Beam
DGPS --- Navigation
1992-006-FA-LN-002-01 (Raw GPS navigation files.)
1992-006-FA-LN-001-01 (Complete trackmap, Michigan City to Gary, Indiana.)
1992-006-FA-LN-001-02 (Michigan City-Indiana Dunes high-density mosaic trackmap.)
1992-006-FA-LN-001-03 (Trackmap annotated with Julian Date and 1-minute marks: Inv. # TK00704.)
Loran-C --- Navigation

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