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Field Activity Details for field activity 2018-043-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s): Other (Other)

Principal Investigator(s): Walter Barnhardt

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Brian Andrews

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect baseline geophysical data on the distribution and thickness of reworked mine tailings on the lake bottom near Buffalo Reef.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Houghton, MI

End Port/Location: Houghton, MI

Start Date: 2018-09-13

End Date: 2018-09-27

Equipment Used: POS-MV, Van Veen grab sampler, EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler, Boomer, Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer, Reson T20-P, Sensor - SVP

Information to be Derived: bathymetry, backscatter, modern sediment thickness, depth to basement (i.e., top of Pleistocene)

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Covered approximately 309 square kilometers of Reson T20P (dual head) bathymetry and backscatter along 387 kilometers of survey lines. Collected (first) 3 days of Boomer data along 115 kms of tracklines. Collected 4 days of 424 Chirp data along 272 kms of tracklines. Collected 17 sediment samples on last day (Sept 26th)

Staff: Brian Andrews, Walter Barnhardt, David Foster, Barry Irwin, Alexander Nichols, Other

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Big Traverse Bay, Lake Superior, Michigan, United States

Boundaries
North: 47.22502 South: 47.147484 West: -88.248604 East: -88.120621

Platform(s):

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Publications

Andrews, B.D., Barnhardt, W.A., Foster, D.S., Irwin, B.J., and Nichols, A.R., 2020, High-resolution geophysical data collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior, U.S. Geological Survey Field Activity 2018-043-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9K4HX8V.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
POS-MV --- Navigation
2018-043-FA_ResonT20P_Tracklines (Multibeam bathymetric trackline data collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (Esri polyline shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84))
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology
2018-043-FA_SedimentSamples (Sediment sample locations and analysis collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA (Microsoft Excel file))
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
2018-043-FA_Edgetech424_500sht (Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp shot points collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (CSV text and Esri point shapefile, GCS WGS 84))
2018-043-FA_Edgetech424_Tracklines (Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp tracklines collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84))
2018-043-FA_Edgetech424_Images (Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp profile images collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior, during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (PNG Images))
Boomer --- Boomer
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Sparker
2018-043-FA_Boomer_Tracklines (Seismic Reflection, Boomer tracklines collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior, during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84))
2018-043-FA_Boomer_500sht (Seismic Reflection, Boomer shot points collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior, during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (CSV text and Esri point shapefile, GCS WGS 84))
2018-043-FA_Boomer_Images (Seismic Reflection, Boomer profile images collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior,during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (PNG Images))
Reson T20-P --- Multibeam
Water column reflectivity
2018-043-FA_ResonT20P_Backscatter_2m (Multibeam backscatter data collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 16N, NAD 83, 2-m resolution))
2018-043-FA_ResonT20P_Bathymetry_2m (Multibeam bathymetric data collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 16N, NAD 83, NAVD 88 Vertical Datum, 2-m resolution))
Sensor - SVP --- Sound Velocity

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