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 | |||
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North: 42.5 | South: 42.4 | West: -87.85 | East: -87.7 |
Platform(s):
Neptune |
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.
Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
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Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, sample station locations. |
Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
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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 |