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Field Activity Details for field activity 1989-026-FA

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Other ID: CH-1-89

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): James S. Booth

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Single Beam, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect grab samples and conduct a bathymetric survey off Fort Sheridan.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Great Lakes Naval Training Center, N. Chicago, IL

End Port/Location: Great Lakes Naval Training Center, N. Chicago, IL

Start Date: 1989-09-11

End Date: 1989-09-15

Equipment Used: Raytheon DE-719 precision echo sounder, Ponar clamshell sediment sampler, Loran-C

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Bathymetric Data: 100 km; Samples: 32.

Staff: William Winters

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:
Project = Southern Lake Michigan, Southern Lake Michigan

Location:

Nearshore zone off Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 42.27 South: 42.2 West: -87.84 East: -87.7

Platform(s):


Chippewa

Publications

Portals/Viewers

Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, sample descriptions and locations, trackmap, sample location map.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Raytheon DE-719 precision echo sounder --- Single Beam
Ponar clamshell sediment sampler --- Biology
Geology
1989-026-FA-SC-001 (GRAB samples)
Loran-C --- Navigation

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