| Identifier | 1994-027-FA | ||||||||
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| Alternate names | 94-1 | ||||||||
| Purpose | High-resolution seismic survey to determine Quaternary geologic framework in western Lake Erie basin; sidescan survey and grab samples to determine distribution of sand bodies for sediment budget analysis. | ||||||||
| Location | western Lake Erie, southeastern Michigan, northwestern Ohio, United States, North America; | ||||||||
| Summary | Successfully acquired 74 km sidescan, 104 km seismic data of variable quality, and 20 lake bed samples. | ||||||||
| Comments | Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols - seismics; Barry Irwin - navigation. | ||||||||
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384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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| Principal investigators | David R Nichols | ||||
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| Affiliate principal | Gerry Shideler - USGS-Denver, CO; Byron Stone - USGS-Hartford, CT | ||||
| Affiliate staff | Gerry Shideler - Denver, co-Ch. Sci.; Byron Stone - Hartford, co-Ch. Sci.; K. MacKinnon - NAGT student |
| Data category: | Location-Elevation, Seismics, Sonar, Sampling |
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| Data type: | Boomer, Navigation, Sidescan, Biology, Geology |
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| Cruise report | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, daily narrative, cruise summary. |
| Samples log | USGS Central Regional geology Laboratory particle size analyses of bottom samples taken along lines 5, 9, 11 and 15. Also includes cruise report. |
| Equipment | Usage description | Data types | Datasets |
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| GeoPulse uniboom | Boomer | (no data reported) | |
| Single channel hydrophone | Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler | (no data reported) | |
| DGPS | Navigation | 3 | |
| Klein 531 sidescan | Sidescan | (no data reported) | |
| Grab sampler | Biology, Geology | 1 |
| Dataset name | Equipment | Description | Dataset contact |
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| 1994-027-FA-LN-001 | DGPS | Navigation trackline plot for field activity 94027 | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1994-027-FA-LN-001-01 | DGPS | Navigation track chart with line numbers, 5 minute tics, and hourly annotations. | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1994-027-FA-LN-002 | DGPS | Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPS ASHTECH, NAV-DGPS, NAV-DGPS EDITTED, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, NAV ASHTECH PPDIFF, | Nancy K. Soderberg |
| 1994-027-FA-NL-001-02 | Grab sampler | USGS Central Regional geology Laboratory particle size analyses of bottom samples taken along lines 5, 9, 11 and 15, giving weight, grain size, etc. | Nancy K. Soderberg |