Field Activity 1991-028-FA

Identifier 1991-028-FA
Alternate names GS-1 9-91; LEGS 1-9-91
Purpose This cruise was a cooperative effort between the Lake Erie Section of the Ohio Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey to begin studying the geologic framework of the Ohio portion of Lake Erie.
Location western Lake Erie, Sandusky to Lorain, Cleveland, Ohio, Great Lakes, United States, North America;
Platform
GS-1
15 meter steel-hulled
Itinerary
Start Sandusky, OH 1991-09-08
End Cleveland, OH 1991-09-22
Days in the field 11
Bounds
West -83
East -81
North 42
South 41

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Ronald C. Circe
Crew members
Robert N. Oldale
Scientist, Staff
Kenneth Parolski
Scientist, Staff
Affiliate principal Jonathan "Nate" Fuller - Ohio Geological Survey, Sandusky, OH
Affiliate staff Frances Buchholzer - Director, Ohio DNR; Tom Berg - Ohio State Geologist; Rick Pavey - Acting Section Head, Lake Erie Section, OGS

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Sonar, Location-Elevation
Data type: Boomer, Air Gun / Water Gun, Sparker, Sidescan, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam, Navigation

Documents: Notes and log books

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

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz) Boomer (no data reported)
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker 2
Klein 531 sidescan Sidescan 3
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler (no data reported)
ECHOTRAC digital bathymetry system Single Beam (no data reported)
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system Sidescan 1
GPS (wh) Navigation 3
Loran-C Navigation (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
1991-028-FA-SE-001 Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer VHS digital tapes for line(s) , 1-3, 3-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9, 10, 11, 11-12, 13, 14, 14, 14,15?, (Huntec system) Linda P McCarthy
1991-028-FA-SE-002 Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer microfilm of Huntec data Nancy K. Soderberg
1991-028-FA-SO-001 Klein 531 sidescan Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines Nancy K. Soderberg
1991-028-FA-SO-002 Klein 531 sidescan microfilm of Nancy K. Soderberg
1991-028-FA-SO-003 Klein 531 sidescan Digital tape(s) of SSS LINE TEST,1-2, SSS LINE 3-7, SSS LINE 8, SSS LINE 9, SSS LINE 9-10, SSS LINE 11, SSS LINE 13, SSS LINE 14, SSS LINE 15, Nancy K. Soderberg
Chief Scientist Logbook Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system Chief scientists Log Q-MIPS Notes Legs 1-9-91 Linda P McCarthy
1991-028-FA-LN-001-01 GPS (wh) Track map with line numbers for Field Activities 91028, 92012, 92022, 93008, and 93017. Nancy K. Soderberg
1991-028-FA-LN-002 GPS (wh) Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-GPSL1-2, NAV-GPSL3-7, NAV-GPSL8, NAV-GPSL9-10, NAV-GPSL11-12, NAV-GPSL13START, NAV-GPSL13END, NAV-GPSL14-15, Nancy K. Soderberg
GPS and LORAN NAV Log GPS (wh) GPS and Loran NAV printout Logbook Linda P McCarthy

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity