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Summary Information for Field Activity 1991-013-FA

Area of Operations: eastern Lake Michigan, Michiana to Benton Harbor, Michigan, Great Lakes, United States, North America

Dates: May 15, 1991 to May 24, 1991

Chief scientist: Dave Foster

Objectives: Acquire high-resolution seismic reflection, sidescan sonar, and bathymetric data for the Regional Great Lakes Mapping Project. Conduct reconnaissance of geologic framework and surficial sediment texture.

Type of Activity:

Information to be derived:

Summary:

Contact: Dave Foster (dfoster@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier N-1-91-LM. Visit this site for more information.

Related Links: http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/~nancy/lines/1013nptn.txt

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Platform Info:
NEPTUNE

Data Types and Locations:

Navigation

Edited navigation file.

Logs

Chief Scientist's cruise report with ship, personnel, equipment, data acquisition notes, and trackmap.

Chief Scientist's daily log with start and line ends, equipment configuration and problems, ship movement, etc.

Navigator's logbook containing calibrations, state plane and Lambert projection information, x,y and codes, daily movement including line start and ends, ship and towed equipment movement, and etc.

Miniranger and GPS navigation system 5-minute printout with latitude, longitude, speed and course, and hand annotated line start and end.

Cruise Curator's field data inventory describing media, content, quantity for sidescan, seismic, and bathymetric rolls, sidescan tapes, navigation diskettes, logs, etc.

SeismicsSonar

 

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