2002-069-FA (CMHRP activity #1816)

Field Activity 2002-069-FA

Identifier

2002-069-FA

Alternate names

CB02002

Purpose

Map sediment distribution and composition in Lake Mead, NV.

Location

eastern part of Lake Mead, Nevada, United States

Summary

Studied turbidity current deposits in Lake Mead. Collected 30 cores.

Info derived

Grain size analysis;

Comments

Submitted 08/31/11 by A. Orton and D. Twichell. Cores are stored at UNLV. Project = Lake Mead Sediment Study,

Related activities

1999-014-FA: Project

Platform

UNLV Coring Barge

Itinerary

Start	Boulder City, NV	2002-10-22
End	Boulder City, NV	2002-10-28
Days in the field	7

Bounds

West	-114.55
East	-114.05
North	36.2
South	35.9

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

David C Twichell

Crew members

Kenneth Parolski

Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

David C Twichell

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Mark Rudin, UNLV

Affiliate staff

Mark Rudin, UNLV; Nancy Twichell; Jonathan Zybala, UNLV; Brenda Buck, UNLV; Andrew Hanson, UNLV

Data types and categories

Data category:	Location-Elevation, Sampling
Data type:	Navigation, Geology

Equipment used

Equipment	Usage description	Data types	Datasets
GPS (wh)		Navigation	(no data reported)
Piston corer		Geology	2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2002-069-FA-NL-001	Piston corer	Field operations coring log: collection information for 30 cores including dates, locations, weather, procedures, etc.	Alice M. Orton
2002-069-FA-NL-002	Piston corer	Visual core description log: lithologic descriptions for cores.	Alice M. Orton