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Field Activity Details for field activity 1998-012-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David Foster

Affiliate Investigator(s): Bill Banks - WRD MD

Information Specialist(s): David Foster

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Bubble Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sub-bottom profiling for sediment thickness (to 50 cm resolution if possible); lithology.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Loch Raven Reservoir, MD

End Port/Location: Loch Raven Reservior, MD

Start Date: 1998-04-06

End Date: 1998-04-17

Equipment Used: 3.5 kHz, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, Boomer, Elics Data Acquisition System, Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Field Records: 3.5 kHz, Boomer, and Odom paper records (Banks, WRD); Processed paper records of 3.5 kHz and Boomer: (Banks, WRD; Kerhin, MGS); Digital SEG-Y format (2 CD-ROM set) (USGS-WHFC; Banks, WRD; Kerhin, MGS).

Staff: David Foster, David Nichols

Affiliate Staff:
Bill Banks - WRD MD; Randy Kerhin - MGS

Notes: Project = Loch Raven Reservoir, Loch Raven Reservoir
Information from Foghorn: 3.5 kHz ORE Side Mount System, Odom Fathometer, Boomer Power Supply and Sled, ITI and Benthos Hydrophones, Delph II Recording System, DGPS Navigation System, OYO Plotter, EPC 1086, Writable CD-ROM and seismic processing system, Honda 3.3 Power Generator;

Location:

Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 39.5 South: 39.4 West: -76.6 East: -76.5

Platform(s):


Loch Raven Reservoir

Rogue Wave

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Seismic log (document not focused on specific equipment) 3.5 kHz system and boomer log of line and file start and end times, data acquisition and equipment performance, navigation waypoints

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1998-012-FA-SE-001 (CD ROM disk of 3.5,NAV,TRACK 1-100, BOOMER,NAV 101-173, )
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder --- Single Beam
Boomer --- Boomer
Elics Data Acquisition System --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Sparker
1998-012-FA-SE-002 (CD ROM disk of 3.5,NAV,TRACK 1-100, BOOMER,NAV 101-173, )
GPS (wh) --- Navigation
1998-012-FA-LN-001 (CD ROM disk of 3.5,NAV,TRACK 1-100, BOOMER,NAV 101-173, )

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