Identifier | 2018-043-FA | ||||||||
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Purpose | To collect baseline geophysical data on the distribution and thickness of reworked mine tailings on the lake bottom near Buffalo Reef. | ||||||||
Location | Big Traverse Bay, Lake Superior, Michigan, United States | ||||||||
Summary | 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) | ||||||||
Info derived | bathymetry, backscatter, modern sediment thickness, depth to basement (i.e., top of Pleistocene) | ||||||||
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Organization |
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
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Principal investigators | Walter Barnhardt | ||||||||||||
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Data category: | Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar |
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Data type: | Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Multibeam, Sound Velocity |
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POS-MV
Navigation
1
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Van Veen grab sampler
Geology
1
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EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler
Sub Bottom Profiler
3
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Boomer
Boomer
(no data)
(No data records have been reported for this equipment)
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Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer
Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker
3
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Reson T20-P
Multibeam, Water column reflectivity
2
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Sensor - SVP
Sound Velocity
(no data)
(No data records have been reported for this equipment)
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