U. S. Geological Survey

Water Resources of Michigan

Continuous Seismic-Reflection Profiling near Grassy Island, Wyandotte Unit of Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyandotte, Michigan

US Geological Survey Administrative Completion Report for WRD Reimbursable Agreement No. 8-4426-06000 of USFWS Parent Project No. 14-48-0003-97-905, DCN#1448-30181-97-N344, Unofficial publication #ACR97-01
Lansing, Michigan 1997

By: Michael J. Sweat

Detpth to water below transducer, in meters image.
Prepared for U.S. Fish and Wildlife
By
Michael J. Sweat
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
Lansing, MI 48911-5991		 Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

(Determination of chemical concentrations of selected metals and inorganic and organic compounds at selected sites in the sediments and ground water on and near Grassy Island, Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge, Detroit River, Wyandotte, Michigan)
Accessible Web version available in (HTML) format at:
http://mi.water.usgs.gov/pubs/MISC/ACR97-01/ACR97-01LW.php

Conversion Factors, Abbreviated Water Quality Units, and Vertical Datum

Contents

FIGURES
Maps showing:

  1. Location of Grassy Island, Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge, and 3.5 kilohertz continuous seismic-reflection profiles.
  2. Typical seismic reflection ray paths
  3. Location of Grassy Island, Wyandotte National Wildflife Refuge, and 14 kilohertz continuous seismic-reflection profiles.
  4. Section of seismic profile A-A'.  (See figure 1.)
  5. Section of seismic profile B-B".  (See figure 1.)
  6. Section of seismic profile C-C".  (See figure 1.)
  7. Section of seismic profile H-H".  (See figure 3.)
CONVERSION FACTORS, ABBREVIATED WATER QUALITY UNITS, AND VERTICAL DATUM
Multiply By Length To Obtain
millimeter (mm) 0.03937 inch
centimeter (cm) 0.3937 inch
meter (m) 3.281 foot
Multiply By Area To Obtain
square kilometer (km2) 247.1 acre
hectare (ha) 2.471 acre
square meter (m2) 10.76 square foot
square kilometer (km2) 0.3861 square mile
hectare 0.003861 square mile
Multiply By Volume To Obtain
liter (L) 0.2642 gallon
cubic meter (m3) 264.3 gallon
milliliters (ml) 0.0002642 gallon
cubic meter 35.31 cubic foot
Multiply By Flow (volume per unit time) To Obtain
millimeter per year (mm) 0.0394 inch per year
meter per second (m/s) 3.281 foot per second
cubic meter per second (m3/s) 35.31 cubic foot per second
liter per second (L/s) 0.03531 cubic foot per second
liter per second 15.85 gallon per minute
cubic meters per second 22.82 million gallons per day
Multiply By Transmissivity To Obtain
meter squared per day 10.76 foot squared per day
  Temperature  
Degree Celsius (×C) may be converted to degree Fahrenheit (×F) by use of the following equation:
  ×F = (1.8 x ×C) + 32  
For additional information
write to:


District Chief
U.S. Geological Survey, WRD
6520 Mercantile Way, Suite 5
Lansing, MI 48911-5991

Citation:

Sweat, Michael J., 1997, Continuous Seismic-Reflection Profiling near Grassy Island, Wyandotte Unit of Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S. Geological Survey Administrative Completion Report for WRD Reimbursable Agreement No. 8-4426-06000 of USFWS Parent Project No. 14-48-0003-97-905, DCN#1448-30181-97-N344, Unofficial publication #ACR97-01

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