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Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Geophysical Data Collected from the St. Clair River 

between Michigan and Ontario, Canada (2008-016-FA)

Open-File Report 2010–1035

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
Cover. Photograph shows satellite image of the Great Lakes with color-shaded relief image of swath 

bathymetry, bottom photographs, and boomer seismic data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, 

May 29–June 6, 2008.
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Geophysical Data Collected from the St. Clair River 

between Michigan and Ontario, Canada (2008-016-FA)

By Jane F. Denny, D.S. Foster, C.R. Worley, and Barry J. Irwin

Open-File Report 2010–1035

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
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U.S. Department of the Interior

KEN SALAZAR, Secretary

U.S. Geological Survey

Marcia K. McNutt, Director

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia: 2011

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Contents

Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Data Acquisition and Processing ................................................................................................................................... 4

St. Clair River Field Program ..................................................................................................................................... 4

Swath Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter............................................................................................................. 9

Subbottom Profiling...................................................................................................................................................12

Video and Photography.............................................................................................................................................13

Sediment Samples....................................................................................................................................................15

Data Catalog.................................................................................................................................................................15

Acknowledgements.......................................................................................................................................................15

References Cited..........................................................................................................................................................16

Figures

1. Map showing the St. Clair River ....................................................................................................................... 3

2. Illustration of the geophysical systems used to define the geologic framework ................................................ 5

3. Photograph showing the U.S. Geological Survey R/V Rafael with 234-kHz SWATHplus transducers 

mounted on the bow ......................................................................................................................................... 6

4. Maps displaying the SWATHplus interferometric sonar and Chirp subbottom profiler tracklines and soundvelocity profile locations: (A) in the northernmost St. Clair River area (Klein sidescan-sonar data also were 

collected along shore-parallel tracklines); (B) at Marysville, Mich.; and (C) at Port Lambton, Ontario.............. 7

5. Map showing tracklines Boomer subbottom tracklines in the northernmost St. Clair River area ...................... 8

6. Color-shaded relief images of the bathymetry collected by the USGS from the St. Clair River .......................10

7. Maps showing the acoustic backscatter collected by the USGS from the St. Clair River ................................11

8. Photographs showing the U.S. Geological Survey Mini SEABOSS, shown being deployed from the 

R/V Rafael was used to collect sediment samples, and to take video and digital photographs .......................13

9. Map showing location and tracklines of video drifts, locations of individual digital still photographs, and 

sediment-sampling locations for data acquired with the Mini SEABOSS in the St. Clair River........................14
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Conversion Factors and Datum

SI to Inch/Pound

Multiply By To obtain

Length

centimeter (cm) 0.3937 inch (in.)

millimeter (mm) 0.03937 inch (in.)

meter (m) 3.281 foot (ft) 

kilometer (km) 0.6214 mile (mi)

kilometer (km) 0.5400 mile, nautical (nmi) 

meter (m) 1.094 yard (yd) 

Area

square kilometer (km2) 247.1 acre

square meter (m2) 10.76 square foot (ft2) 

square kilometer (km2) 0.3861 square mile (mi2)

Flow rate

meters per second (m/s) 3.281 foot per second (ft/s)

Energy

joule (j) 0.0000002 kilowatthour (kWh)

Vertical coordinate information is referenced to the International Great Lakes Datum 1985 (IGLD 85). 

Horizontal coordinate information is referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84).

Frequencies are given in hertz (Hz) and kilohertz (kHz).
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Geophysical Data Collected from the St. Clair River 

between Michigan and Ontario, Canada (2008-016-FA)

By Jane F. Denny, D.S. Foster, C.R. Worley, and Barry J. Irwin

Abstract

In 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

(WHCMSC), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a geophysical and 

sampling survey of the riverbed of the Upper St. Clair River between Port Huron, Mich., and Sarnia, 

Ontario, Canada. The objectives were to define the Quaternary geologic framework of the riverbed of 

the St. Clair River to evaluate the relationship between morphologic change of the riverbed and

underlying stratigraphy. This report presents the geophysical and sample data collected from the St. 

Clair River, May 29–June 6, 2008, as part of the International Upper Great Lakes Study, a 5-year 

project funded by the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada to examine 

whether physical changes in the St. Clair River are affecting water levels within upper Great Lakes, to 

assess regulation plans for outflows from Lake Superior, and to examine the potential effect of climate 

change on the Great Lakes water levels (http://www.iugls.org). This document makes available the data 

that were used in a separate report, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1137, which 

detailed the interpretations of the Quaternary geologic framework of the region. This report includes a 

description of the high-resolution acoustic and sediment-sampling systems that were used to map the 

morphology, surficial sediment distribution, and underlying geology of the Upper St. Clair River during 

USGS field activity 2008–016–FA (http://quashnet.er.usgs.gov/dta/2008/08016/). Video and 

photographs of the riverbed were also collected and are included in this data release. Future analyses 

will be focused on substrate erosion and its effects on river-channel morphology and geometry. 

Ultimately, the International Upper Great Lakes Study will attempt to determine where physical changes 

in the St. Clair River affect water flow and, subsequently, water levels in the Upper Great Lakes.

Introduction

In 2007, the International Joint Commission, a body formed by the United States and Canada to 

manage and protect the lakes and river systems along the U.S. and Canadian border, initiated a 5-year 

International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS) to investigate the causes and effects of changing lake 

levels within the Great Lakes basin (Yuzyk and Stahkiv, 2009; http://www.iugls.org/). The Great Lakes 

region supports large populations, numerous industries, and diverse ecosystems. Changes in lake levels 

within the Great Lakes region can have major economic and environmental effects. To address these 

concerns, the IUGLS developed a two-phase approach: (1) to examine the physical processes and 

changes in the St. Clair River, and its effects on water levels within Lake Michigan-Huran, and (2) 

review the regulation of Lake Superior outflows and assess the need for improvements to manage 

evolving uses (Yuzyk and Stahkiv, 2009). To address IUGLS Phase 1 objectives, the USGS in 

cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACOE) conducted a geophysical and sediment
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sampling survey of the Upper St. Clair River to examine the geologic framework and its relation to 

river-bed morphology. 

The St. Clair River is a natural conduit between Lake Michigan-Huron and Lake Erie, and plays 

a key role in determining water levels within the upper Great Lakes (Yuzyk and Stahkiv, 2009; 

http://www.iugls.org/). The St. Clair River is approximately 44 km in length and flows south from Lake 

Huron to Lake St. Clair (fig. 1). The USGS survey extended from the lower reaches of Lake Huron to 

the mouth of the Black River (fig. 1). Two sites to the south at Marysville, Mich., and Port Lambton, 

Ontario, were also surveyed to provide a comparison to the geologic framework within the Upper St. 

Clair study area. 
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Figure 1. The St. Clair River. The primary study area lies within the northern reaches of the river, 

with two additional study sites offshore from Marysville, Mich., and Port Lambton, Ontario. Basemap 

was generated from data supplied by ESRI, ArcGIS 9.2. (After Foster and Denny, 2009).
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This report details the data-processing procedures and presents the geophysical and sample data 

collected by the USGS from May 29 to June 4, 2008, during USGS field activity 2008-016-FA. 

Geophysical data were collected with swath bathymetry, sidescan-sonar, Chirp and Boomer subbottom 

profilers. Video, photographs, and sediment samples of the riverbed were collected with the USGS Mini 

SEABed Observation and Sampling System (SEABOSS). A complete presentation and discussion of the 

geologic framework of the Upper St. Clair River is available in U.S. Geological Survey Open-File 

Report 2009–1137. 

Data Acquisition and Processing

The following sections provide basic descriptions of shipboard acquisition and geophysical and 

sample data processing. Detailed descriptions of acquisition parameters, processing steps, and accuracy 

assessments for each data type are provided in the geospatial metadata (see Data Catalog).

St. Clair River Field Program

Geophysical data, which were used to image the riverbed and subsurface morphology and 

sediments, were collected with Chirp and Boomer subbottom profilers, dual-frequency sidescan sonar, 

and a swath-bathymetric system (fig. 2). Video, photographs, and sediment samples of the riverbed were 

also collected using the USGS Mini SEABOSS (Blackwood and Parolski, 2001) to provide ground truth 

for the geophysical data. These systems were deployed from the R/V Rafael (fig. 3), a 7.6-m USGS 

research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center (WHCMSC). 

Navigation data acquired during cruise operations were recorded by using HYPACK, Hydrographic 

Survey Software (HYPACK, Inc., 2010). Data were collected from May 29 to June 4, 2008, along 

tracklines spaced approximately 75 m apart oriented parallel to the shore, within a region from 2 km 

south of the Black River to 1 km north of the head of the St. Clair River in Lake Huron. Cross-channel 

survey lines were oriented at perpendicular or oblique angles to the shore-parallel tracklines (figs. 4A 

and 5). Two site-specific surveys located to the south at Marysville, Mich. (fig. 4B), and Port Lambton, 

Ontario (fig. 4C), each covered approximately 500-m lengths of the river. These areas were surveyed to 

compare the geologic framework to the south with that of the northern reaches of the St. Clair River. 

Sites were chosen based on ongoing studies as part of the IUGLS (Best and others, 2009; Yuzyk and 

Stakhiv, 2009). 
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Figure 2. The geophysical systems used to define the geologic framework. Sidescan-sonar, swath-bathymetric, 

and seismic-reflection systems were used to define the surficial sediment distribution, water depth, and underlying 

geology. A sediment and image sampling system was used to sample the river-bed sediment. A Differential Global 

Positioning System (DGPS) was used to navigate the sidescan-sonar and swath bathymetric systems, while a 

Global Positioning System (GPS) was used to navigate the seismic-reflection system.
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Figure 3. U.S. Geological Survey R/V Rafael with 234-kHz SWATHplus transducers mounted

on the bow. (Photograph by D. Foster, U.S. Geological Survey).
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Figure 4. The SWATHplus interferometric sonar and Chirp subbottom profiler tracklines and sound-velocity 

profile locations: (A) in the northernmost St. Clair River area (Klein sidescan-sonar data also were collected 

along shore-parallel tracklines); (B) at Marysville, Mich.; and (C) at Port Lambton, Ontario. Tracklines are shown 

in red and sound-velocity profile locations are shown in yellow. 2005 orthophoto base from Michigan State 

University, Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services, USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field 

Office. (After Foster and Denny, 2009).
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Figure 5. Tracklines Boomer subbottom tracklines in the northernmost St. Clair 

River area. Tracklines are shown in red. 2005 orthophoto base from Michigan State 

University, Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services, USDA-FSA 

Aerial Photography Field Office. (After Denny and Foster, 2009).
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Swath Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter

Swath-bathymetric and acoustic-backscatter data were acquired with a Systems Engineering and 

Assessment, Ltd. (SEA), SWATHplus interferometric sonar operating at a 234-kHz frequency (SEA, 

2009). A total of 109 km of swath-bathymetric data was collected. The SWATHplus transducer was 

mounted at the bow of the R/V Rafael (fig. 2). A CODA Octopus F180 Attitude and Positioning system 

(Coda Octopus Group, Inc., 2009) recorded ship motion (heave, pitch, roll, and yaw) and DGPS 

corrected navigation. Additional navigation was recorded with a Differential GPS (DGPS) receiver 

positioned directly over the SWATHplus transducers. Horizontal and vertical offsets between 

navigation and attitude antennas and the SWATHplus transducer were recorded within the Octopus 

F180 and SWATHplus configuration files, and the offsets were applied as the data were acquired. 

SWATHplus data-acquisition software was used to record the bathymetric data at 4,096 samples per 

swath (ping). Bathymetric data were acquired over variable swath widths that ranged from 10 to 100 m, 

in water depths of about 1 to 25 m. Eight sound-velocity profiles were acquired during survey 

operations at roughly 4-hr intervals using an Applied Microsystems SV Plus v2 Velocimeter (Applied 

Microsystems, 2009) (fig. 4). Variations in the speed of sound within the water column can affect the 

path of the acoustic ray as it travels from the transducer to the riverbed and back, introducing artifacts in 

the data. In order to minimize refraction artifacts, sound-velocity profiles were collected throughout the 

survey area in order to model the sound-velocity structure of the water column. 

DGPS navigation was used to record the horizontal and vertical position (x,y,z) of bathymetric 

soundings during data acquisition aboard the R/V Rafael. Real Time Kinematic GPS (RTK-GPS) 

corrections were applied to the navigation data during post processing to provide submeter horizontal 

and vertical accuracies of the soundings. Fort Gratiot, Mich., a Continuously Operating Reference 

Station (CORS) (National Geodetic Survey, 2009), was used as the reference station for the RTK-GPS 

corrections. A RTK-GPS base station was established at the tidal benchmark at the U.S. Coast Guard 

Base at Port Huron in order to determine the offset between the North American Vertical Datum of 

1988 (NAVD 88) (vertical datum referenced at the CORS site) and the International Great Lakes Datum 

1985 (IGLD 1985) referenced at the tidal benchmark. The following offsets were applied to the 

shipboard DGPS data during processing: the vertical offset between NAVD 88 and IGLD 85, the 

measured distance between the DGPS antenna and SWATHplus transducer, and the depth of the 

transducer below the water line. The resulting values were applied to the bathymetric soundings during 

processing to provide a measure of depth relative to IGLD 85. 

Bathymetric data were processed by using SWATHplus (SEA, 2009) and Computer Aided 

Resource Information System (CARIS) (CARIS, 2009). During processing, data were filtered to remove 

spurious soundings, rectified for ship motion, and corrected for speed-of-sound changes within the 

water column (SEA, 2009). RTK-GPS corrections were then applied to the soundings to provide 

improved vertical resolution and depth relative to IGLD 85 (CARIS, 2009). The processed data were 

used to generate 1- and 0.5-m resolution bathymetric grids (fig. 6). 
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Figure 6. Color-shaded relief images of the bathymetry collected by the USGS from the St. Clair River. All depths 

are relative to the International Great Lakes Datum, 1985. Hillshade parameters: azimuth is 45 degrees, altitude is 

15 degrees, and vertical exaggeration is 2 times. (A) in the northernmost St. Clair River area, depths range from 

approximately 151 to 175 m; (B) at Marysville, Mich., depths range from approximately 164 to 175 m; and (C) at 

Port Lambton, Ontario, depths range from approximately 159 to 174 m. 2005 orthophoto base from Michigan State 

University, Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Service, USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office.
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Backscatter data were extracted from the raw SWATHplus data files and converted to USGS 

Xsonar/Showimage file format (Danforth, 1997) by using SwathEd swath-bathymetric processing 

software (Hughes Clarke, 1998). Radiometric and geometric distortions in the backscatter data were 

corrected by using Xsonar/Showimage following the methodology of Danforth (1997). A georeferenced 

acoustic backscatter mosaic was generated at a pixel resolution of 0.5 m and converted to a TIFF image

(Hughes Clarke, 1998). A linear stretch, used to translate the observed digital-number range within the 

imagery to the full range of the data (a digital number range of 0–255 for an 8-bit grayscale image) was 

applied to enhance the dynamic range of these data (fig. 7).

Figure 7. The acoustic backscatter collected by the USGS from the St. Clair River. High acoustic backscatter is 

displayed as light tones in the imagery and low acoustic backscatter is displayed as dark tones in the imagery. 

(A) in the northernmost survey area within the St. Clair River; (B) at Marysville, Mich.; and (C) at Port Lambton, 

Ontario. 2005 orthophoto base from Michigan State University, Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach 

Services, USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office.
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A total of 59 km of sidescan-sonar backscatter data was collected with a Klein Associates, Inc., 

System 3000 dual-frequency sonar operating at 132- and 445-kHz (Klein Associates, Inc., 2009). The 

Klein system was deployed off the port side of the R/V Rafael and towed less than 5 m astern. 

Horizontal and vertical offsets between the sonar towfish and the DGPS antenna were measured and 

recorded within SonarPro acquisition software in order to calculate tow-fish position (Triton Imaging, 

Inc., 2009). Data were collected at 0.033-s sampling rate yielding a 100-m swath width. Data were 

logged and stored in eXtended Triton format (XTF) by using SonarPro (Triton Imaging, Inc., 2009).

The Klein sidescan-sonar data were processed following the methodology of Danforth and 

others (1991), Danforth (1997), and Paskevich (1996) to remove radiometric and geometric distortions 

in the raw data. Processed sonar data were mosaicked following the procedures described in Paskevich 

(1996) using PCI Geomatics OrthoEngine (PCI Geomatics, 2009). The georeferenced mosaic was 

projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) 17N coordinates, referenced to the WGS84 datum at 

a 0.5-m pixel resolution. The mosaic was saved in TIFF format and a linear stretch was applied. 

The SWATHplus and Klein backscatter mosaics were compared to identify the device that 

provided the highest quality of imagery. The SWATHplus mosaic contained less acoustic noise than the 

Klein mosaic, most likely due to the mount position of the SWATHplus sonar. The sonar head was 

mounted on the bow of the R/V Rafael, far enough from the propellers to prevent noise from distorting

the sonar signals and the resulting images. The Klein sonar system, however, was towed off the stern of 

the vessel and was in close proximity to the propellers. As a result, the SWATHplus® mosaic was used 

for feature identification and interpretation due to the higher quality of the mosaic. The Klein mosaic 

was not used and is not included in this report. 

Subbottom Profiling

A total of 80 km of subbottom data was collected by using the Chirp subbottom profiling system 

(fig. 4), using a dual-frequency (3.5- and 200-kHz) Knudsen Engineering Limited (KEL) Chirp 3200 

system (Knudsen Engineering Limited, 2009). The single-beam water depths from the 200-kHz channel 

were logged together with navigation in ASCII format. Chirp subbottom data with a peak frequency of 

3.5 kHz provided a vertical resolution of approximately 30 cm. The Chirp system was fired at a rate of 

0.25 or 0.5 s. The trace length was set to 67 ms. The data were recorded in Society of Exploration 

Geophysicists Y (SEG-Y) format (Barry and others, 1975) with DGPS navigation logged to the SEG-Y 

file trace headers.

A total of 58.5 km of subbottom data was collected by using a Boomer subbottom profiling 

system (fig. 5). Compared to the Chirp, the Boomer system provided a higher energy source operating at 

175 joules and provided deeper penetration of the underlying stratigraphy. With a peak frequency of 

about 1,800 Hz, the vertical resolution was approximately 1 m. The layback distance from the DGPS 

antenna to the source and receiver was estimated and applied to the position data during acquisition. The 

Boomer fired at 0.5 s, and recorded each trace with 200 ms of data. The Boomer data were acquired in 

SEG-Y format by using SonarWiz.MAP +SBP software (Chesapeake Technology, Inc., 2009). Shotpoint navigation recorded DGPS location in the SEG-Y file trace headers. 

Subbottom data were processed by using SIOSEIS (2009) and were loaded into SeisVisionTM 

(Halliburton, 2009) seismic-interpretation software. The major unconformities were interpreted and 

digitized. Isochron data were exported and subsequently imported into EarthVision® surface-modeling 

software (Dynamic Graphics, Inc.®, 2009). The data points were gridded at a 20- to -20-m cell size. 

Isochron values were converted to thickness in meters using a constant sediment velocity of 1,650 m/s. 

This acoustic velocity correlated well with the depth to bedrock indicated by the geologic cross sections 
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near the railway tunnels. We used a 5-m grid derived from our swath-bathymetric data and isopach grids 

to calculate the elevation (IGLD 85) surfaces.

Video and Photography

Video and photographs of the river bed were collected at 37 stations by using the USGS Mini 

SEABOSS (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008; figs. 8 and 9). Mini SEABOSS stations were selected based 

on preliminary acoustic-backscatter mosaics, with the objective of characterizing broad areas of 

different backscatter intensity. With the Mini SEABOSS deployed, the research vessel was allowed to 

drift, with occasional power from the vessel applied to control drift direction. Continuous video was 

collected over a total of 11.5 km of lake and riverbed. Video drift position was extracted from the 

recorded HYPACK navigation files based on the start and end times of the drift. For some portions of 

the drift, there was no navigation, so the position was derived from the time and position stamp in the 

video at 30-s intervals. The full-resolution raw video files were archived to DVD-ROM and were then 

reduced to 640- to -480 pixels and converted to MPEG-4 format. A total of 449 photographs were 

obtained from a digital still camera at user-selected locations along the drifts. A Python script was used 

to merge drift navigation with digital photos using time of day to synchronize the two data sources. 

Figure 8. The U.S. Geological Survey Mini SEABOSS, shown (left) 

being deployed from the R/V Rafael was used to collect sediment 

samples, and to take video and digital photographs. The Mini SEABOSS 

components viewed from below (right) are: (A) forward video camera; 

(B) downward video camera; (C) video light; (D) digital still camera and 

housing; (E) strobe light; (F) parallel lasers for scale; (G) laser for ranging; 

(H) junction block; (I) Van Veen grab sampler; and (J) multiconducting 

cable. (Photographs by D. Blackwood, U.S. Geological Survey). 
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Figure 9. Location and tracklines of video drifts (red lines), locations of individual digital still 

photographs (green dots), and sediment-sampling locations (yellow dots) for data acquired 

with the Mini SEABOSS in the St. Clair River. The red dots show locations of selected 

observations of video along video transects from Krishnappan (2009). 2005 orthophoto base 

from Michigan State University, Remote Sensing & GIS Research and Outreach Services, 

USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office. (After Foster and Denny, 2009).
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Sediment Samples

Samples of the surficial sediment were collected at 15 stations (fig. 9), using a Van Veen 

sampler configured on the Mini SEABOSS, typically at the end of a drift. The upper 2 cm of sediment 

was scraped from the surface of the sample for texture analysis. Sediment samples were collected at 

locations with relatively fine-grained sediment (sand or mud). Samples were not collected in gravel or 

cobble areas where gravel prevented full closure of the sampler and resulted in a washed-out sample. 

A total of 13 bottom samples was submitted for grain-size analysis. Two partially recovered, 

washed-out samples were not submitted. Grain-size analysis was performed at the USGS Sediment 

Laboratory at WHCMSC by using methods described by Poppe and others (2005). 

Data Catalog

This report contains geospatial data in vector and raster formats. The vector data are available in 

Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. Raster data are available in ESRI 

binary grid format, ASCII format or GeoTIFF image format. A TIFF world file (*.tfw) is provided as 

additional georeferencing information for the GeoTIFF image format.

Projection Information: 

Raster data: UTM meters, zone 17N, WGS84 Datum. 

Vector data: Geographic Coordinate System, WGS84 Datum. 

Metadata: 

Federal Geographic Data Committee compliant metadata are available for the geospatial data 

contained within this report. The metadata are viewable in several formats: TEXT, HTML and 

FAQ.

Download 

The data can be accessed in several ways depending on software availability:

* ArcGIS 9.2 or higher 

* ArcGIS Explorer (available at no cost: 

 http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/index.htm)

Data and associated metadata files are compressed within zip files in order to facilitate 

downloads. WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) files of the individual data layers are linked within the 

table below.

This report is available on DVD-ROM upon request. An ArcMap 9.2 map document file 

(of2010-1035.mxd) containing the geospatial data presented below is provided on the DVD-ROM.

Cruise, sample and video logs are also contained within this report in the log directory. 

Acknowledgements

This study was conducted by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

as a component of the International Upper Great Lakes Study. The U.S. Coast Guard Station at Port 

Huron provided dockage and facilities for mobilization. This report was improved by technical reviews 

by USGS personnel Benjamin Gutierrez, Brian Andrews, and VeeAnn Cross. 
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