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Field Activity 1990-036-FA

Identifier	1990-036-FA
Alternate names	Whaler 90-01
Purpose	Assess the application of Ground Penetrating Radar to measure the thickness of the sand wedge along the Illinois and Indiana shorelines.
Location	Southern Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, Illinois, United States, North America;
Summary	Repeated transects about 900 m long were run with radars of different frequencies off Great Lakes, and one transect with one frequency was run off Waukegan. In both areas, the thickness of sand had been measured previously by jetting.
Comments	Original Center People field contained: Dave Folger, scientist; G. Olhoeft, scientist; D. Dave Foster, scientist; J. Lucius, scientist; F. Pranschke, scientist; M. Chrzastowski, scientist. Project = Southern Lake Michigan Erosion Study, Southern Lake Michigan Erosion Study
Platform	Whaler
Itinerary	Start Great Lakes, IL 1990-09-11 End Great Lakes, IL 1990-09-13 Days in the field 1.5
Bounds	West -87.85 East -87.75 North 42.4 South 42.25 Show or hide mapHide layers