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Field Activity Details for field activity 1997-024-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s):

Principal Investigator(s): Jeffrey List

Affiliate Investigator(s):

Information Specialist(s): Christopher F. Polloni

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Location-Elevation: Transects

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To conduct repetitive shoreline position surveys using the MAX IV amphibious ATV.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Duck, NC

End Port/Location: Duck, NC

Start Date: 1997-09-20

End Date: 1997-10-26

Equipment Used: MAX IV ATV, Visual navigation

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: Amy Farris, Barry Irwin, Jeffrey List

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Jeff List - PI; Barry Irwin - geodetic control; Amy Farris - programming.
Project = Large-scale Shoreline Change, Large-scale Shoreline Change

Location:

North Carolina outer banks, Duck survey area (Corolla to Oregon Inlet), North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 36.38886 South: 35.77579 West: -75.8333 East: -75.5

Platform(s):

photo of Swash-I
Swash-I

Publications

Stockdon, H.F., Holman, R.A., 2011, Observations of wave runup, setup, and swash on natural beaches: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 602, https://doi.org/10.3133/ds602.

Thieler, E.R., Foster, D.S., Mallinson, D.M., Himmelstoss, E.A., McNinch, J.E., List, J.H.,and Hammar-Klose, E.S., 2013, Quaternary geophysical framework of the northeastern North Carolina coastal system: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1015, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20111015.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
MAX IV ATV --- Navigation
Transects
Visual navigation --- Navigation

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