1998-012-FA (CMHRP activity #1455)

Field Activity 1998-012-FA

Identifier

1998-012-FA

Purpose

Sub-bottom profiling for sediment thickness (to 50 cm resolution if possible); lithology.

Location

Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, North America;

Summary

Field Records: 3.5 kHz, Boomer, and Odom paper records (Banks, WRD); Processed paper records of 3.5 kHz and Boomer: (Banks, WRD; Kerhin, MGS); Digital SEG-Y format (2 CD-ROM set) (USGS-WHFC; Banks, WRD; Kerhin, MGS).

Comments

Project = Loch Raven Reservoir, Loch Raven Reservoir Information from Foghorn: 3.5 kHz ORE Side Mount System, Odom Fathometer, Boomer Power Supply and Sled, ITI and Benthos Hydrophones, Delph II Recording System, DGPS Navigation System, OYO Plotter, EPC 1086, Writable CD-ROM and seismic processing system, Honda 3.3 Power Generator;

Platform

Loch Raven Reservoir 17 feet
Rogue Wave 17 foot Whaler from WRD Hartford

Itinerary

Start	Loch Raven Reservoir, MD	1998-04-06
End	Loch Raven Reservior, MD	1998-04-17
Days in the field	11

Bounds

West	-76.6
East	-76.5
North	39.5
South	39.4

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

David S Foster

Crew members

David S Foster	Scientist, Staff
David R Nichols	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

David S Foster

Specialist, Information

Affiliate principal

Bill Banks - WRD MD

Affiliate staff

Bill Banks - WRD MD; Randy Kerhin - MGS

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type:	Photo, Video, Navigation, Geology, Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker, Sub Bottom Profiler, Single Beam

Documents: Notes and log books

Name	Description
Seismic log	3.5 kHz system and boomer log of line and file start and end times, data acquisition and equipment performance, navigation waypoints

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
3.5 kHz	Sub Bottom Profiler	1
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder	Single Beam	(no data reported)
Boomer	Boomer	(no data reported)
Elics Data Acquisition System	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Bubble Gun, Sparker	(no data reported)
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer	Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker	1
GPS (wh)	Navigation	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
1998-012-FA-SE-001	3.5 kHz	CD ROM disk of 3.5,NAV,TRACK 1-100, BOOMER,NAV 101-173,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-012-FA-SE-002	Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer	CD ROM disk of 3.5,NAV,TRACK 1-100, BOOMER,NAV 101-173,	Nancy K. Soderberg
1998-012-FA-LN-001	GPS (wh)	CD ROM disk of 3.5,NAV,TRACK 1-100, BOOMER,NAV 101-173,	Nancy K. Soderberg