Field Activity 1991-021-FA

Identifier 1991-021-FA
Alternate names NPTN 91-2
Purpose Collect in situ data on sand density, statigraphy and penetration resistance of lake floor, and photograph lake floor (SCUBA divers); collect grab samples in nearshore zone; field test new In-Situ Cone Penetrometer system.
Location nearshore zone off Illinois Beach State Park, southern Lake Michigan, Illinois, Great Lakes, United States, North America;
Comments Project = Southern Lake Michigan, Southern Lake Michigan Information from Foghorn: In situ volumetric sampler, Mini Standard Penetrometer, Diver corer, Camera, Shipek grab sampler, Gravity corer, Megapulse 500 LORAN-C system, In-situ Cone Penetrometer;
Platform
Neptune
67 feet
Itinerary
Start Waukegan Harbor, IL 1991-07-11
End Waukegan Harbor, IL 1991-07-18
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -87.85
East -87.7
North 42.5
South 42.4

Personnel

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

Data types and categories

Data category: Sampling, Imagery, Location-Elevation, Environmental Data
Data type: Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Photo, Navigation, Sediment Properties

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Cruise report Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, sample station locations.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Volumetric sampler Sediment Properties (no data reported)
Water sampler Chemistry (no data reported)
Miniature Standard Penetrometer Sediment Properties (no data reported)
Push corer (wh) Biology, Geology 1
Nikonos camera Photo (no data reported)
Shipek grab Geology (no data reported)
Gravity corer Geology (no data reported)
In-situ Cone Penetrometer Sediment Properties (no data reported)
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1991-021-FA-SC-001 Push corer (wh) CORE, GRAB samples Brian Buczkowski

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity