Other ID: GS-1 9-91; LEGS 1-9-91
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Ronald C. Circe
Affiliate Investigator(s): Jonathan "Nate" Fuller - Ohio Geological Survey, Sandusky, OH
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Air Gun / Water Gun, Seismics: Sparker, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: This cruise was a cooperative effort between the Lake Erie Section of the Ohio Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey to begin studying the geologic framework of the Ohio portion of Lake Erie.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Sandusky, OH
End Port/Location: Cleveland, OH
Start Date: 1991-09-08
End Date: 1991-09-22
Equipment Used: Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz), Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer, Klein 531 sidescan, ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler, ECHOTRAC digital bathymetry system, Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system, GPS (wh), Loran-C
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Robert N. Oldale, Kenneth F. Parolski
Affiliate Staff:
Frances Buchholzer - Director
Ohio DNR; Tom Berg - Ohio State Geologist; Rick Pavey - Acting Section Head
Lake Erie Section
OGS
Notes:
Location:
western Lake Erie, Sandusky to Lorain, Cleveland, Ohio, Great Lakes, United States, North America;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 42 | South: 41 | West: -83 | East: -81 |
Platform(s):
 GS-1 |
Foster, D.S., Folger, D.W., Circé, R.C., Fuller, J.A., 1995, Maps and sidescan sonar images showing interpretation of acoustic backscatter overlain on historically mapped bottom sediments of the Ohio part of Lake Erie: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-525, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr95252.
Fuller, J.A., Circe, R.C., and Oldale, R.N., 1995, The geologic framework of the Ohio area of Lake Erie: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-220, 23 p., URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr95220.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, trackmap. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntec profiling system (500-2500 Hz) | --- | Boomer | |
| Benthos AQ-4 10-element hydrophone streamer | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Sparker | 1991-028-FA-SE-001 (VHS digital tapes for line(s) , 1-3, 3-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9, 10, 11, 11-12, 13, 14, 14, 14,15?, (Huntec system)) 1991-028-FA-SE-002 (microfilm of Huntec data) |
| Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1991-028-FA-SO-001 ( Collection of paper record displays of sidescan sonar data for lines ) 1991-028-FA-SO-002 (microfilm of ) 1991-028-FA-SO-003 (Digital tape(s) of SSS LINE TEST,1-2, SSS LINE 3-7, SSS LINE 8, SSS LINE 9, SSS LINE 9-10, SSS LINE 11, SSS LINE 13, SSS LINE 14, SSS LINE 15, ) |
| ORE 140 transceiver/1036 transducer sub-bottom profiler | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| ECHOTRAC digital bathymetry system | --- | Single Beam | |
| Q-MIPS sidescan sonar system | --- | Sidescan | Chief Scientist Logbook (Chief scientists Log Q-MIPS Notes Legs 1-9-91) |
| GPS (wh) | --- | Navigation | GPS and LORAN NAV Log (GPS and Loran NAV printout Logbook ) 1991-028-FA-LN-001-01 ( Track map with line numbers for Field Activities 91028, 92012, 92022, 93008, and 93017. ) 1991-028-FA-LN-002 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-LORAN, NAV-GPSL1-2, NAV-GPSL3-7, NAV-GPSL8, NAV-GPSL9-10, NAV-GPSL11-12, NAV-GPSL13START, NAV-GPSL13END, NAV-GPSL14-15, ) |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation |
