1. Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
  2. Geoscience Data System

Field Activity 2018-043-FA

Identifier 2018-043-FA
Purpose To collect baseline geophysical data on the distribution and thickness of reworked mine tailings on the lake bottom near Buffalo Reef.
Location Big Traverse Bay, Lake Superior, Michigan, United States
Summary Covered approximately 309 square kilometers of Reson T20P (dual head) bathymetry and backscatter along 387 kilometers of survey lines. Collected (first) 3 days of Boomer data along 115 kms of tracklines. Collected 4 days of 424 Chirp data along 272 kms of tracklines. Collected 17 sediment samples on last day (Sept 26th)
Info derived bathymetry, backscatter, modern sediment thickness, depth to basement (i.e., top of Pleistocene)
Projects
Platform
Rafael
25 feet
Itinerary
Start Houghton, MI 2018-09-13
End Houghton, MI 2018-09-27
Days in the field 14
Bounds
West -88.248604
East -88.120621
North 47.22502
South 47.147484

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Walter Barnhardt
Crew members
(not identified)
Scientist, Staff
Walter Barnhardt
Scientist, Staff
David S Foster
Scientist, Staff
Brian Andrews
Scientist, Staff
Barry J Irwin
Scientist, Staff
Alexander R Nichols
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Brian Andrews
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Location-Elevation, Sampling, Seismics, Sonar
Data type: Navigation, Geology, Boomer, Sub Bottom Profiler, Multibeam, Sound Velocity

Documents: Notes and log books

Name Description
Survey Log excel file survey log.

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
POS-MV Navigation 1
Van Veen grab sampler Geology 1
EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Sub Bottom Profiler 3
Boomer Boomer (no data reported)
Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Air Gun / Water Gun, Boomer, Sparker 3
Reson T20-P Multibeam, Water column reflectivity 2
Sensor - SVP Sound Velocity (no data reported)

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name Equipment Description Dataset contact
2018-043-FA_ResonT20P_Tracklines POS-MV Multibeam bathymetric trackline data collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (Esri polyline shapefile, Geographic, WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_SedimentSamples Van Veen grab sampler Sediment sample locations and analysis collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA (Microsoft Excel file) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_Edgetech424_500sht EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp shot points collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (CSV text and Esri point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_Edgetech424_Images EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp profile images collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior, during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (PNG Images) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_Edgetech424_Tracklines EdgeTech 424 chirp sub-bottom profiler Seismic Reflection, EdgeTech SB-424 Chirp tracklines collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_Boomer_500sht Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Seismic Reflection, Boomer shot points collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior, during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (CSV text and Esri point shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_Boomer_Images Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Seismic Reflection, Boomer profile images collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior,during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (PNG Images) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_Boomer_Tracklines Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer Seismic Reflection, Boomer tracklines collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior, during USGS field activity 2018-043-FA, (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_ResonT20P_Backscatter_2m Reson T20-P Multibeam backscatter data collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 16N, NAD 83, 2-m resolution) Brian Andrews
2018-043-FA_ResonT20P_Bathymetry_2m Reson T20-P Multibeam bathymetric data collected in the vicinity of Buffalo Reef, Michigan, within Lake Superior during USGS Field Activity 2018-043-FA using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 16N, NAD 83, NAVD 88 Vertical Datum, 2-m resolution) Brian Andrews

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity