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Field Activity Details for field activity 2000-030-FA

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Other ID: IB E-30-00-WA

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David Twichell

Affiliate Investigator(s): Guy Gelfenbaum (Coastal and Marine program, Western Region); Mike Parsley (BRD, Cook, WA)

Information Specialist(s): David Twichell

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution seismic reflection, sidescan mapping, and sediment sampling of reservoir floor to determine the amount, distribution and types of sediment being trapped. These data are important to understanding changes in salmon spawning grounds and to quantifying changes in sediment supply to the coast.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Cook, WA

End Port/Location: Cook, WA

Start Date: 2000-09-13

End Date: 2000-09-28

Equipment Used: SIS1000 Sidescan sonar, Echosounder, Video camera - deep sea, 35 mm camera, P-code GPS, SIS1000 Chirp Sonar, SeaBOSS

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: The work was done in cooperation with researchers in the Biological Resources Division in Cook, WA. Sidescan sonar imagery and chirp seismic profiles were collected during the first 8 days and video and sediment sampling was collected during the last 3 days. Most of the lake floor was imaged with the SIS-1000 which was set to scan 750-m to each side. Sub-bottom profiles were collected simultaneously with the sidescan imagery, and also along tie lines in one 10-km stretch of the reservoir. Windy conditions, and the fact that the post-impoundment sediment was usually too thin to resolve seismically, did not warrant extending the length of the cruise to collect more seismic data. Video images were collected at 48 stations in the reservoir, and sediment samples were recovered at 41 stations. Sidescan sonar: 287.7 km; Sub-bottom: 287.7 km; Video transects: 48; Sediment samples: 41; Bottom photos: 130.

Staff: VeeAnn Cross, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
Guy Gelbenbaum
CMP-Menlo Park - geologist; Mike Parsley
BRD-Cook
WA - fisheries biologist; Mindy Sheer
BRD-Cook
WA - GIS expert; Laura Kerr
USGS-Menlo Park - sediment sampling

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Electronics technician (Kenneth Parolski - mobilization and equipment operation); Data processor/GIS (VeeAnn Cross - data needed to be processed in the field and integrated with GIS at BRD for collaborative research).
Project = SW Washington Coastal Erosion, SW Washington Coastal Erosion

Location:

John Day Reservoir, Columbia River, Washington, Oregon, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 45.97 South: 45.64 West: -120.72 East: -119.25

Platform(s):

photo of Estero
Estero

Publications

Cross, V.A., and Twichell, D.C., 2004, Geophysical, sedimentological, and photographic data from the John Day Reservoir, Washington and Oregon — Data archive and preliminary discussion: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1014, DVD-ROM, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041014.

Portals/Viewers

FAN 2000-030-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=2000-030-FA.

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Sample log SeaBOSS Station log including sample desciptions and location data of videography transects, bottom still camera shots, and grab samples.
Geophysics log SIS1000 Sidescan sonar Sidescan and chirp acquisition log with filenames, line numbers, line start and end times, equipment settings, and comments.
Navigation log P-code GPS Hypack navigation log containing line numbers, start and end times, disk numbers, and equipment notations. Also has cruise personnel.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
SIS1000 Sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
Echosounder --- Single Beam
Video camera - deep sea --- Video
2000-030-FA-VD-001 (John Day Reservoir Substrate Sampling VHS video tapes: 3 tapes containing sites 1-21, 22-49, 60-74, and 50-59.)
35 mm camera --- Photo
2000-030-FA-PH-001 (35mm still photo prints and negatives from John Day Reservoir Substrate Sampling: 5 rolls covering stations 1-48.)
P-code GPS --- Navigation
Nav data
SIS1000 Chirp Sonar --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Chirp seismic data
2000-030-FA-SE-001 (Raw SEGY data)
SeaBOSS --- Surveys (biological)
Experiments (biological)
Species ID
Photo
Video
Geology
Biology
2000-030-FA-SC-001 (grab samples)
2000-030-FA-NL-001-01 (Station log including sample desciptions and location data of videography transects, bottom still camera shots, and grab samples.)

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