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Field Activity Details for field activity 1988-012-FA

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Other ID: NEECHO 88-2-LM; N-2-88-LM

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): John S. Schlee

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Other: Unknown, Sonar: Single Beam, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Geophysical survey (sidescan sonar) and sampling.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Calumet Coast Guard Station, Portage, IN

End Port/Location: Pastrick Marina, E. Chicago, IN

Start Date: 1988-08-15

End Date: 1988-08-20

Equipment Used: Single channel hydrophone, Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz), Echosounder, Grab sampler, Loran-C, Sidescan sonar

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sediment samples: 60; Sidescan sonar: 26 lines (106.2 km).

Staff: John S. Schlee

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Indiana Shoals, Indiana, Southern Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 41.75 South: 41.65 West: -87.5 East: -87.33

Platform(s):

photo of Neecho
Neecho

Publications

Foster, D.S., and Colman, S.M., 1991, Preliminary interpretation of the high-resolution seismic stratigraphy beneath Lake Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-021, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr9121.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including a daily narrative, trackmap, and tabulated information.
Sidescan log Sidescan sonar Log of sidescan sonar lines - start and end of line and tape. Also includes comments about the Huntec system. Log book covers 2 cruises (1988-009-FA and 1988-012-FA).

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1988-012-FA-SE-001 (Collection of paper record displays of seismic data (SBP) for lines 1 thru 26)
Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz)Paper records indicate "Huntec".Boomer
Echosounder --- Single Beam
1988-012-FA-BA-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV/BT-MINIRANGER, )
Grab sampler --- Biology
Geology
Loran-C --- Navigation
1988-012-FA-LN-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV/BT-MINIRANGER, )
Sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
1988-012-FA-SO-001 (Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data (SSS) for lines 1 thru 26)

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