Field Activity Details for field activity 1990-025-FA

Other ID: NE-1-90

Status: Completed

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

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Principal Investigator(s): James S. Booth

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Data Type(s): Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Sediment Properties

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect in situ data on sand density, statigraphy and penetration resistance of lake floor, and photograph lake floor (SCUBA divers); conduct bathymetric survey and collect grab and gravity core samples of nearshore zone; and examine wave and sand transport effects on and around engineering structures.

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Start Port/Location: North Point Marina, IL

End Port/Location: Waukegan, IL

Start Date: 1990-08-01

End Date: 1990-08-08

Equipment Used: Water sampler, Miniature Standard Penetrometer, Push corer (wh), Shipek grab, Gravity corer, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, Motorola Mini-Ranger III, Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: 38 lines bathymetric data; 8 in situ SCUBA diver stations; 9 grab or core stations.

Staff: Dann Blackwood, William Winters, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
Ron Circe - USGS
Reston

Notes: Project = Southern Lake Michigan, Southern Lake Michigan
Information from Foghorn: ln situ volumetric sampler, Miniature Standard Penetrometer, Diver corer, Camera, Shipek grab sampler, Gravity Corer, Odom 3200 Echo Trac, Mini-Ranger Falcon IV system, Megapulse 500 LORAN-C system;

Location:

nearshore region off Fort Logan and Illinois Beach State Park, North Point Marina, southern Lake Michigan, Illinois, Great Lakes, United States, North America;

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