AKA: Manistee Bluffs Research - Mendenhall
Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s): Other (Other)
Principal Investigator(s): Phillipe Wernette
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Phillipe Wernette
Data Type(s): Electro-Magnetic: Ground Penetrating Radar
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect baseline geophysical and geological information about coastal bluff structure for studying coastal erosion patterns and causes.
Vehicle(s): None
Start Port/Location: Manistee, Michigan
End Port/Location: Manistee, Michigan
Start Date: 2020-10-22
End Date: 2020-10-28
Equipment Used: groundpenetratingradar
Information to be Derived: Geologic structure, Hydrologic structure
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 32 GPR survey transects (using the GSSI 200HS GPR system) along and perpendicular to the actively eroding coastal bluffs.
Staff:
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Funding coming from Mendenhall budget.
Location:
Manistee, Michigan, United States
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 44.24230912 | South: 44.22115319 | West: -86.35760139 | East: -86.34498607 |
Platform(s):
 on foot |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| groundpenetratingradar | GSSI 200HS (200 MHz) GPR system was used with the SIR 4000 acquisition controller in wireless mode to collect 32 survey lines along an actively eroding coastal bluff: 13 alongshore transects and 19 shore-normal transects. | Ground Penetrating Radar Navigation |
