Field Activity 1988-012-FA

Identifier 1988-012-FA
Alternate names NEECHO 88-2-LM; N-2-88-LM
Purpose Geophysical survey (sidescan sonar) and sampling.
Location Indiana Shoals, Indiana, Southern Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America;
Summary Sediment samples: 60; Sidescan sonar: 26 lines (106.2 km).
Platform
Neecho
38 feet
Itinerary
Start Calumet Coast Guard Station, Portage, IN 1988-08-15
End Pastrick Marina, E. Chicago, IN 1988-08-20
Days in the field 5
Bounds
West -87.5
East -87.33
North 41.75
South 41.65

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Schlee
Crew members
John Schlee
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Other, Sonar, Sampling, Location-Elevation, Seismics
Data type: Boomer, Unknown, Single Beam, Biology, Geology, Navigation, Sidescan, Sub Bottom Profiler

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report including a daily narrative, trackmap, and tabulated information.
Sidescan log Log of sidescan sonar lines - start and end of line and tape. Also includes comments about the Huntec system. Log book covers 2 cruises (1988-009-FA and 1988-012-FA).

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Single channel hydrophone Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler 1
Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz) Paper records indicate "Huntec". Boomer (no data reported)
Echosounder Single Beam 1
Grab sampler Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation 1
Sidescan sonar Sidescan 1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1988-012-FA-SE-001 Single channel hydrophone Collection of paper record displays of seismic data (SBP) for lines 1 thru 26 Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-012-FA-BA-001 Echosounder Digital tape(s) of NV/BT-MINIRANGER, Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-012-FA-LN-001 Loran-C Digital tape(s) of NV/BT-MINIRANGER, Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-012-FA-SO-001 Sidescan sonar Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data (SSS) for lines 1 thru 26 Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity