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Field Activity Details for field activity 1991-021-FA

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Other ID: NPTN 91-2

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): Sampling: Chemistry, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Environmental Data: Sediment Properties

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Collect in situ data on sand density, statigraphy and penetration resistance of lake floor, and photograph lake floor (SCUBA divers); collect grab samples in nearshore zone; field test new In-Situ Cone Penetrometer system.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Waukegan Harbor, IL

End Port/Location: Waukegan Harbor, IL

Start Date: 1991-07-11

End Date: 1991-07-18

Equipment Used: Volumetric sampler, Water sampler, Miniature Standard Penetrometer, Push corer (wh), Nikonos camera, Shipek grab, Gravity corer, In-situ Cone Penetrometer, Loran-C, GPS (wh)

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Dann Blackwood, Gregory Miller, William Winters, Kenneth F. Parolski

Affiliate Staff:
USGS Reston: Ron Circe
Nicole Moser

Notes: Project = Southern Lake Michigan, Southern Lake Michigan
Information from Foghorn: In situ volumetric sampler, Mini Standard Penetrometer, Diver corer, Camera, Shipek grab sampler, Gravity corer, Megapulse 500 LORAN-C system, In-situ Cone Penetrometer;

Location:

nearshore zone off Illinois Beach State Park, southern Lake Michigan, Illinois, Great Lakes, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 42.5 South: 42.4 West: -87.85 East: -87.7

Platform(s):


Neptune

Publications

Booth, J.S., Winters, W.J., 1993, Evaluation of SEAPCONE performance in the nearshore lakebed off Illinois Beach State Park, Lake Michigan: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-711, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr93711.

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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 personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, sample station locations.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Volumetric sampler --- Sediment Properties
Water sampler --- Chemistry
Miniature Standard Penetrometer --- Sediment Properties
Push corer (wh) --- Biology
Geology
1991-021-FA-SC-001 (CORE, GRAB samples)
Nikonos camera --- Photo
Shipek grab --- Geology
Gravity corer --- Geology
In-situ Cone Penetrometer --- Sediment Properties
Loran-C --- Navigation
GPS (wh) --- Navigation

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