Other ID: 94-1
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Nichols
Affiliate Investigator(s): Gerry Shideler - USGS-Denver, CO; Byron Stone - USGS-Hartford, CT
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution seismic survey to determine Quaternary geologic framework in western Lake Erie basin; sidescan survey and grab samples to determine distribution of sand bodies for sediment budget analysis.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Sandusky, OH
End Port/Location: Sandusky, OH
Start Date: 1994-06-14
End Date: 1994-06-27
Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, DGPS, Klein 531 sidescan, Grab sampler
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Successfully acquired 74 km sidescan, 104 km seismic data of variable quality, and 20 lake bed samples.
Staff: Barry Irwin, David Nichols
Affiliate Staff:
Gerry Shideler - Denver
co-Ch. Sci.; Byron Stone - Hartford
co-Ch. Sci.; K. MacKinnon - NAGT student
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols - seismics; Barry Irwin - navigation.
Location:
western Lake Erie, southeastern Michigan, northwestern Ohio, United States, North America;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.5493 | South: 41.17865 | West: -83.655 | East: -81.0791 |
Platform(s):
Pike |
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, daily narrative, cruise summary. |
Samples log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | USGS Central Regional geology Laboratory particle size analyses of bottom samples taken along lines 5, 9, 11 and 15. Also includes cruise report. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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GeoPulse uniboom | --- | Boomer | |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | |
DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1994-027-FA-LN-002 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPS ASHTECH, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS EDITTED, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, ) 1994-027-FA-LN-001-01 (Navigation track chart with line numbers, 5 minute tics, and hourly annotations.) 1994-027-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 94027) |
Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | |
Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 1994-027-FA-NL-001-02 (USGS Central Regional geology Laboratory particle size analyses of bottom samples taken along lines 5, 9, 11 and 15, giving weight, grain size, etc.) |