Other ID: NPTN91-1
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): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Acquire high-resolution seismic reflection, sidescan sonar, and bathymetric data for the Regional Great Lakes Mapping Project. Conduct reconnaissance of geologic framework and surficial sediment texture.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Chicago, IL
End Port/Location: Chicago, IL
Start Date: 1991-05-15
End Date: 1991-05-24
Equipment Used: Klein 531 sidescan, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, Boomer, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger, GPS (wh), Single channel hydrophone
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Carol Brown, David W. Folger, David Foster, Barry Irwin, Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Staff:
Dick Tagg - USGS-Menlo Park
On-land Navigator; R. Laton
D. Wardwell - W. Michigan Univ. students
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dave Foster - Chief Scientist; Dave Folger, Carol Brown - Scientists; Barry Irwin - Navigator; Ken Parolski - Technician.
Project = Regional Great Lakes Mapping Project, Regional Great Lakes Mapping Project
Location:
eastern Lake Michigan, Michiana to Benton Harbor, Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America;
Boundaries | |||
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North: 42.2 | South: 41.75 | West: -87 | East: -86.4 |
Platform(s):
Neptune |
Foster, D.S., Brill, A.L., Brown, C.L., Folger, D.W., Andreasen, C., Carroll, D.G., Fromm, G.L., and Seidel, D.R., 1992, Preliminary results of a pilot study conducted between St. Joseph, Michigan and Michigan City, Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-348, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr92348.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, and trackmap. |
Navigation log | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's daily log with start and line ends, tape numbers, navigation acquisition notes, equipment configuration and problems. Also has a cruise report with personnel, boat specifics, purpose, equipment, and tabulated information. |
Navigation log | Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger | Navigator's logbook containing calibrations, state plane and Lambert projection information, x,y and codes, daily movement including line start and ends, ship and towed equipment movement, boat configuration diagram. |
Navigation log | Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger | Miniranger and GPS navigation system 5-minute printout with latitude, longitude, speed and course, and hand annotated line start and end. |
Data inventory | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Cruise Curator's field data inventory describing media, content, quantity for sidescan, seismic, and bathymetric rolls, sidescan tapes, navigation diskettes, logs. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1991-013-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines ) 1991-013-FA-SO-003 (Digital tape(s) of SSS-KLEIN, ) 1991-013-FA-SO-002 (microfilm of ) |
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan | |
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
Boomer | --- | Boomer | |
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder | --- | Single Beam | |
Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger | --- | Navigation | |
GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | 1991-013-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 91013) 1991-013-FA-LN-002-03 (Edited navigation file.) 1991-013-FA-LN-002-02 (raw navigation NAD83) 1991-013-FA-LN-002-01 (raw navigation NAD27) |
Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1991-013-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of ) |