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Field Activity Details for field activity 1994-045-FA

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Other ID: GS-1 7-94; LEGS 7-94

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Ronald C. Circe

Affiliate Investigator(s): Jonathan Fuller, Ohio Geological Survey

Information Specialist(s): PARTNER

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Sidescan sonar and sub-bottom survey of Lorain and Vermilion sand area, Lake Erie.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Sandusky, OH

End Port/Location: Sandusky, OH

Start Date: 1994-07-19

End Date: 1994-08-01

Equipment Used: Subbottom profiler, Sidescan sonar

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff:

Affiliate Staff:
Jonathan (Nate) Fuller - chief scientist
Ohio Geological Survey; Dale Liebenthal - captain
OGS; Scudder Mackey - OGS

Notes: This cruise was conducted with no USGS personnel, but was part of a series of USGS/OGS co-operative cruises to map Lake Erie. Data were donated to WHSC to accompany datasets from related cruises. Submitted by A. Orton for J. Fuller 10/15/08. Data Curator: Jonathan Fuller. Original Submitted By field contained: Jonathan Fuller.
Project = Great Lakes - Ohio Co-op, Great Lakes - Ohio Co-op

Location:

Lorain, Vermilion sand area, Lake Erie, Ohio, Great Lakes, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 41.75 South: 41.41667 West: -82.5 East: -82.16667

Platform(s):

photo of GS-1
GS-1

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise log (document not focused on specific equipment) Watchstander's log of daily survey information including waypoints, start and end of lines, and equipment performance.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Subbottom profiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Sidescan sonar --- Sidescan

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