Summary for Field Activity Number 1992-015-FA

Alternate Leg ID: VERE92-2

Area of Operations: Selenga Delta, Buguldeika, Academician Ridge, Maloye Marye, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, USSR, Asia

Dates: July 21, 1992 to August 01, 1992

Objectives: To obtain and quantitatively interpret the sedimentary record of changing climate and limnology in Lake Baikal by collecting high-resolution seismic reflection data to delineate the sedimentary environments beneath the lake, defining how these environments have responded to climate change, and locating and correlating the best sites for coring.

Type of Activity:

Information to be derived:

Summary: See scanned cruise report.

USGS Project Number: BAIKAL

Contact: Steve Colman (scolman@usgs.gov)

InfoBank: uses the identifier V-2-92-LB. Visit this site for more information.

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Map for Area of Operations :

Map of field activity boundary.

Platform Info:
VERESHCHAGIN

The following materials for this field activity are available in the Information Archives:

Paper seismic/sidescan bottom profiles:

Inventory #LinesFolderStart TimeEnd TimeProfile TypeRemarks
046861-42,52-60* 00109:30 07/23/199216:53 07/31/1992 H2O- *62-67
046871-21 00109:30 07/23/199216:20 07/24/1992 3.5K-
0468829-38,SITE339 00205:59 07/25/199207:59 07/27/1992 3.5K-
0468938-51,SITE340 00307:50 07/27/199212:07 07/28/1992 3.5K-
0469052-67,SITE341* 00409:40 07/29/199215:30 07/31/1992 3.5K- *SITE 342

Data and publications on CD-ROM/DVD-ROM:

Inventory ## per setData TypeContentsAuthorYearReport #FormatTitleRemarks
180601/02PublicationWATERGUN BAIKAL 1992 NAVCOLMAN SM, FOSTER DS, HATTON J19960726OF96-0274HIGH RESOLUTION SEISMIC SURVEYS LAKE BAIKAL SIBERIA 1990-1992VRSH #91022, CDROM 2, INV#CD1807