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Elevation contours of beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, MN, from hydrographic survey August 2019

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2019-08-07
End Date
2019-08-28

Citation

Wagner, D.M., Lund, J.W., and Sanks, K.M., 2020, Beach topography and near-shore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, MN, August 2019: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GXT1X1.

Summary

The elevation contours in this dataset have a 2-foot (ft) interval and were derived from a digital elevation model (DEM) of beach topography and nearshore bathymetry of Lake Superior at Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota. The DEM has a 10-meter (32.8084 ft) cell size and was created from LiDAR data representing beach topography and sonar data representing bathymetry to a distance of approximately 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) offshore. LiDAR data were collected August 10, 2019 using a boat-mounted Optech ILRIS scanner and methodology similar to that described by Huizinga and Wagner (2019). Multi-beam sonar data were collected August 7-11, 2019 using an R2Sonic 2024 sonar unit and methodology similar to that described by Richards and Huizinga [...]

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LakeSuperior_MNpt_contours.zip
“shapefile of contours, supporting files, and FGDC metadata”
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Purpose

Data were collected in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, to define beach topography and bathymetry prior to placing dredge spoils to mitigate beach erosion. The contours are intended to be used for display purposes only.

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