Field Activity 2000-030-FA

Identifier 2000-030-FA
Alternate names IB E-30-00-WA
Purpose High-resolution seismic reflection, sidescan mapping, and sediment sampling of reservoir floor to determine the amount, distribution and types of sediment being trapped. These data are important to understanding changes in salmon spawning grounds and to quantifying changes in sediment supply to the coast.
Location John Day Reservoir, Columbia River, Washington, Oregon, United States, North America;
Summary The work was done in cooperation with researchers in the Biological Resources Division in Cook, WA. Sidescan sonar imagery and chirp seismic profiles were collected during the first 8 days and video and sediment sampling was collected during the last 3 days. Most of the lake floor was imaged with the SIS-1000 which was set to scan 750-m to each side. Sub-bottom profiles were collected simultaneously with the sidescan imagery, and also along tie lines in one 10-km stretch of the reservoir. Windy conditions, and the fact that the post-impoundment sediment was usually too thin to resolve seismically, did not warrant extending the length of the cruise to collect more seismic data. Video images were collected at 48 stations in the reservoir, and sediment samples were recovered at 41 stations. Sidescan sonar: 287.7 km; Sub-bottom: 287.7 km; Video transects: 48; Sediment samples: 41; Bottom photos: 130.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Electronics technician (Kenneth Parolski - mobilization and equipment operation); Data processor/GIS (VeeAnn Cross - data needed to be processed in the field and integrated with GIS at BRD for collaborative research). Project = SW Washington Coastal Erosion, SW Washington Coastal Erosion
Platform
Estero
30 foot Monarc-type
Itinerary
Start Cook, WA 2000-09-13
End Cook, WA 2000-09-28
Days in the field 12
Bounds
West -120.72
East -119.25
North 45.97
South 45.64

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators David C Twichell
Crew members
VeeAnn A. Cross
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
David C Twichell
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Guy Gelfenbaum (Coastal and Marine program, Western Region); Mike Parsley (BRD, Cook, WA)
Affiliate staff Guy Gelbenbaum, CMP-Menlo Park - geologist; Mike Parsley, BRD-Cook, WA - fisheries biologist; Mindy Sheer, BRD-Cook, WA - GIS expert; Laura Kerr, USGS-Menlo Park - sediment sampling

Data types and categories

Data category: Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam, Sidescan

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Sample log Station log including sample desciptions and location data of videography transects, bottom still camera shots, and grab samples.
Geophysics log Sidescan and chirp acquisition log with filenames, line numbers, line start and end times, equipment settings, and comments.
Navigation log Hypack navigation log containing line numbers, start and end times, disk numbers, and equipment notations. Also has cruise personnel.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
SIS1000 Sidescan sonar Sidescan (no data reported)
Echosounder Single Beam (no data reported)
Video camera - deep sea Video 1
35 mm camera Photo 1
P-code GPS Navigation 1
SIS1000 Chirp Sonar Sub Bottom Profiler 2
SeaBOSS Surveys (biological), Experiments (biological), Species ID, Photo, Video, Geology, Biology 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2000-030-FA-VD-001 Video camera - deep sea John Day Reservoir Substrate Sampling VHS video tapes: 3 tapes containing sites 1-21, 22-49, 60-74, and 50-59. Linda P McCarthy
2000-030-FA-PH-001 35 mm camera 35mm still photo prints and negatives from John Day Reservoir Substrate Sampling: 5 rolls covering stations 1-48. David C Twichell
Nav data P-code GPS Linda P McCarthy
2000-030-FA-SE-001 SIS1000 Chirp Sonar Raw SEGY data Nancy K. Soderberg
Chirp seismic data SIS1000 Chirp Sonar Linda P McCarthy
2000-030-FA-NL-001-01 SeaBOSS Station log including sample desciptions and location data of videography transects, bottom still camera shots, and grab samples. Nancy K. Soderberg
2000-030-FA-SC-001 SeaBOSS grab samples Brian Buczkowski

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity