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Field Activity Details for field activity 1994-033-FA

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Other ID: 94-1

Status: Completed

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

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): David W. Folger

Affiliate Investigator(s): Mike Fisher - USACOE-Chicago

Information Specialist(s):

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Lake George, Hobart, Indiana - Determine sediment thickness before dredging. McCook Quarry, McCook (west of Chicago), Illinois - Determine spoils thickness in quarry sump for flood control study.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Hobart, IN

End Port/Location: Chicago, IL

Start Date: 1994-04-05

End Date: 1994-04-11

Equipment Used: Datasonics 3.5 kHz pinger system, ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder, Boomer, Dead reckoning, Single channel hydrophone

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

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

Affiliate Staff:

Notes:

Location:

Lake George, Hobart, Indiana, United States, North America;McCook Quarry, McCook, Illinois, United States, North America;

Boundaries
North: 41.53787 South: 41.51976 West: -87.288 East: -87.24792

Platform(s):


Lake George

Publications

Folger, D.W., Fisher, M., Parolski, K.F., and Irwin, B.J., 1995, Recent sediment accumulation in Lake George, Lake County, Hobart, Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-694, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr95694.

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Documents associated with this activity

Title Survey Equipment Description
Cruise report (document not focused on specific equipment) Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, and tabulated information.

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Datasonics 3.5 kHz pinger system --- Navigation
1994-033-FA-LN-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPS, )
ODOM 200 kHz depth recorder --- Single Beam
Boomer --- Boomer
Dead reckoning --- Navigation
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
1994-033-FA-SE-001 (microfilm of )

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