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

Field Activity 2022-026-FA

Identifier 2022-026-FA
Purpose to map distribution of stamp sands along coast of Keweenaw Peninsula near Gay, MI
Location Keweenaw Bay, Lake Superior, Michigan, United States
Info derived Roxanne echo1/echo2 for bottom-type characterization; verified with video drops (GoPro on a cable) and sediment samples
Comments Funding Project: Great Lakes Coastal Hazards and Resources (LQ00-TYS) Information Specialist: Walter Barnhardt (WHCMSC) and Sam Pecoraro (GLSC) Platform: RV Desmid (GLSC) Staffing: Walter Barnhardt, Sam Pecoraro (GLSC), Anthony Arnold (GLSC), Hans Biberhofer (Environment Canada)
Projects
Platform
Desmid
25' 11" aluminum, deep v hulled, walk through cabin vessel.
Itinerary
Start Gay, MI 2022-07-30
End Gay, MI 2022-08-06
Days in the field 8
Bounds
West -88.26141357
East -88.14605713
North 47.22143353
South 47.12808212

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Walter Barnhardt
Crew members
Walter Barnhardt
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Walter Barnhardt
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Peter Esselman, USGS, Ann Arbor, MI
Affiliate staff Sam Pecoraro (GLSC, information specialist); Hans Biberhofer (Environment Canada)

Data types and categories

Data category: Sonar, Sampling, Imagery
Data type: Single Beam, Geology, Video

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
GoPro camera Photo, Video (no data reported)
Other Unknown, Multibeam, Single Beam, Sidescan, Interferometric, Sound Velocity (no data reported)
Van Veen grab sampler Geology (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity