Other ID: 5008ELUS
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab
Affiliate Investigator(s): Rob Thieler - Duke Univ.
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sampling: Geology, Sonar: Sidescan, Sonar: Single Beam
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Resurvey the nearshore area off Wrightsville Beach using high-resolution sidescan sonar and bathymetry. Area was previously mapped in 1994.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Wilmington, NC
End Port/Location: Wilmington, NC
Start Date: 1995-07-23
End Date: 1995-07-31
Equipment Used: DGPS, Klein 531 sidescan, Grab sampler, 12 kHz
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: Jane Denny, Barry Irwin, David Nichols
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Project = Geomorphic Analysis Shoreface/Inner Shelf Imagery, Geomorphic Analysis Shoreface/Inner Shelf Imagery
Location:
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 34.81275 | South: 33.63292 | West: -78.6689 | East: -77.146 |
Platform(s):
Elusive |
Swift, B.A., Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., and Thieler, E.R., 1997, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina: A digital sidescan sonar survey: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-170, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr97170.
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, seismic line list. |
| Q-Mips log | Klein 531 sidescan | Q-MIPS Sidescan sonar log containing line and file names, start and end times, data acquisition notes. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1995-008-FA-LN-002 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPSL1-14, NAV-DGPSL15-29, NAV-DGPSL30-38, COVERAGEL1-38, BATHY, ) 1995-008-FA-LN-001 (Navigation trackline plot for field activity 95008) 1995-008-FA-BA-001 (Floppy disk(s) containing NAV-DGPSL1-14, NAV-DGPSL15-29, NAV-DGPSL30-38, COVERAGEL1-38, BATHY, ) |
| Klein 531 sidescan | --- | Sidescan | 1995-008-FA-SO-001 (Digital tapes of SSS-KLEIN L1-38 and SSS-KLEIN FIGS1-8: inventory #4279, 4280, 4281, 4282, 4283, 4284, 4285, and 4286.) |
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | 1995-008-FA-SC-001 ( samples) |
| 12 kHz | --- | Single Beam |
