Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): David Twichell
Affiliate Investigator(s): Mark Rudin, UNLV
Information Specialist(s): David Foster
Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Characterize the lake floor and map sediment thickness using sidescan sonar and chirp sub-bottom profiling techniques.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Cottonwood Cove, NV
End Port/Location: Cottonwood Cove, NV
Start Date: 2002-04-15
End Date: 2002-04-30
Equipment Used: Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar, ISIS, Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler, HYPACK, P-code GPS
Information to be Derived: Sea floor map;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: A total of 223 km of 3.5 kHz Chirp sub-bottom and EdgeTech DF-1000 sidescan sonar data were collected. Navigation was with P-code DGPS.
Staff: David Foster, Kenneth F. Parolski, Mark Capone
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Chief scientist - Dave Foster; Technician - Kenneth Parolski; Data processor - Mark Capone.
Project = Lake Mohave, Lake Mohave
Information from Foghorn: EdgeTech sidescan sonar;ORE sidescan winch: acoustic ranging for sidescan;ISIS data acquisition system;Knudsen sub-bottom profiler;P-code GPS navigation and HYPACK;sidescan/seismic processing computer;
Location:
Lake Mohave, Nevada, Arizona, United States, North America;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 35.9 | South: 35.2 | West: -114.75 | East: -114.55 |
Platform(s):
Houseboat-200 |
Cross, V.A., Foster, DS., and Twichell, DC., 2005, Lake Mohave geophysical survey 2002—GIS data release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041247.
Foster, D.S., Capone, M.K., Parolski, K.F., Twichell, D.C., and Rudin, M.J., 2004, Surficial geology and analysis of post-impoundment sediment of Lake Mohave; interpretation of sidescan sonar and seismic-reflection data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1256, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041256.
FAN 2002-020-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=2002-020-FA.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgetech DF-1000 sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | 2002-020-FA-SO-001 (Sidescan sonar images) |
| ISIS | --- | Sidescan | |
| Knudsen CHIRP Sub-bottom Profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 2002-020-FA-SE-001 (Seismics Data - 60 scanned record sections in JPEG format.) 2002-020-FA-SE-002 (Raw seismic data) Chirp seismic data |
| HYPACK | --- | Navigation | 2002-020-FA-LN-001 (Navigation data) |
| P-code GPS | --- | Navigation |
