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Field Activity Details for field activity 1990-006-FA

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Other ID: NPTN 90-01

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Stephen Colman, David W. Folger

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct sidescan sonar surveys of (1) the submerged forest off Chicago, (2) the nearshore sand wedge from Chicago to Waukegan, and (3) collapse and slump features off Waukegan.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Chicago, IL

End Port/Location: Waukegan, IL

Start Date: 1990-05-14

End Date: 1990-05-20

Equipment Used: Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, Del Norte, transponder net, Loran-C

Information to be Derived: Shoreline Erosion; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Sidescan sonar: 90km; 3.5 kHz seismic: 90 km; Bathymetry: 90 km.

Staff: David Foster, Barry Irwin, Stephen Colman, Kenneth F. Parolski, David W. Folger

Affiliate Staff:
Richard Tagg
nav. tech.; Michael J. Chrzastowski - ISGS
scientist; Frank Pranschke - Northeastern Illinois University
scientist; Joel Dexter - ISGS
scientist; Donald Harrison - SIU
scientist; Al Olson - A&T Divers
diver; Charles Shabica - Survey Crew

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Dave Folger, Ch. Sci. - May 14-17, 1990; Steve Colman, Ch. Sci. - May 18-20, 1990; Dave Foster, scientist; Kenneth Parolski, ET; Barry Irwin, nav. tech.; Richard Tagg, nav. tech.
Project = Southern Lake Michigan Erosion Study, Southern Lake Michigan Erosion Study

Location:

Chicago, Waukegan, Illinois, southern Lake Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 42.5 South: 41.7 West: -87.84 East: -86.83

Platform(s):


Neptune

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, trackmaps.
Seismic log ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler Seismic log describing equipment configuration, start and end times, data acquisition notes.
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Illinois State Geological Survey cruise log with ship movement, equipment and data acquisition notes, personnel, and daily log.
Q-Mips log Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system Rough Q-Mips log describing file names, start and end times, tape numbers.
Dive log (document not focused on specific equipment) Rough map of dive sites around tree stumps.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system --- Sidescan
Klein 595 100/500kHz sidescan sonar --- Sidescan
1990-006-FA-SO-001 (Digital tape(s) of NV-BT, SSS, )
ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler --- Sub Bottom Profiler
1990-006-FA-SE-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of seismic data() for lines )
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder --- Single Beam
1990-006-FA-BA-002 (Digital tape(s) of NV-BT, SSS, )
1990-006-FA-BA-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DELNORTE, NAV-DELNORTE, NAV-MEGAPULSE, NAV-MEGAPULSE, BATHY-ODOM, BATHY-ODOM, BATHY-ODOM, )
Del Norte, transponder net --- Navigation
Loran-C --- Navigation
1990-006-FA-LN-001-01 (Raw navigation)
1990-006-FA-LN-002 (Digital tape(s) of NV-BT, SSS, )

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