Field Activity 1988-018-FA

Identifier 1988-018-FA
Alternate names MR 88-01
Purpose Resumption of sidescan sonar survey (aborted in August 1988 due to the presence of a strong thermocline) for the purpose of obtaining a high-resolution sonar image mosaic of the study area.
Location Indiana Shoals, Indiana, Southern Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America;
Summary Sidescan sonar: 180 line km.
Comments Original Center People field contained: Dave Nichols (Technician), Barry Irwin (Technician), John Risch (Scientist). Project = Southern Lake Michigan Study, Southern Lake Michigan Study
Platform
Miami River
Itinerary
Start Calumet Harbor, IL 1988-11-29
End Calumet Harbor, IL 1988-12-08
Days in the field 4
Bounds
West -87.45
East -87.35
North 41.74
South 41.66

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators John Risch
Crew members
David R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
John Risch
Scientist, Staff

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Sidescan, Single Beam

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Klein 531T sidescan sonar system Sidescan 2
Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger Navigation 2
12 kHz Single Beam 2

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1988-018-FA-SO-001 Klein 531T sidescan sonar system Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-018-FA-SO-002 Klein 531T sidescan sonar system analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-018-FA-LN-001 Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger Floppy disk(s) containing NV-LORAN+MINIRANG, NV-LORAN+MINIRANG, Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-018-FA-LN-002 Motorola Falcon IV Microwave relay Mini-Ranger Digital tape(s) of NV-MINIRANGER, Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-018-FA-SE-001 12 kHz analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg
1988-018-FA-SE-002 12 kHz analog tape of seismic data Nancy K. Soderberg

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity