Field Activity 1990-025-FA

Identifier 1990-025-FA
Alternate names NE-1-90
Purpose Collect in situ data on sand density, statigraphy and penetration resistance of lake floor, and photograph lake floor (SCUBA divers); conduct bathymetric survey and collect grab and gravity core samples of nearshore zone; and examine wave and sand transport effects on and around engineering structures.
Location nearshore region off Fort Logan and Illinois Beach State Park, North Point Marina, southern Lake Michigan, Illinois, Great Lakes, United States, North America;
Summary 38 lines bathymetric data; 8 in situ SCUBA diver stations; 9 grab or core stations.
Comments Project = Southern Lake Michigan, Southern Lake Michigan Information from Foghorn: ln situ volumetric sampler, Miniature Standard Penetrometer, Diver corer, Camera, Shipek grab sampler, Gravity Corer, Odom 3200 Echo Trac, Mini-Ranger Falcon IV system, Megapulse 500 LORAN-C system;
Platform
Neeskay
Length 71 feet; beam 18 feet; draft 8 feet.
Itinerary
Start North Point Marina, IL 1990-08-01
End Waukegan, IL 1990-08-08
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -87.9
East -87.7
North 42.5
South 42.3

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators James Booth
Crew members
William J. Winters
Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate staff Ron Circe - USGS, Reston

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Sonar, Location-Elevation, Environmental Data
Data type: Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Single Beam, Navigation, Sediment Properties

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, sample locations and descriptions, and trackmap.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Water sampler Chemistry (no data reported)
Miniature Standard Penetrometer Sediment Properties (no data reported)
Push corer (wh) Biology, Geology (no data reported)
Shipek grab Geology (no data reported)
Gravity corer Geology (no data reported)
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder Single Beam (no data reported)
Motorola Mini-Ranger III Navigation (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity