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Field Activity Details for field activity 1994-027-FA

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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
North: 42.5493 South: 41.17865 West: -83.655 East: -81.0791

Platform(s):


Pike

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
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.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
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.)

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