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Field Activity Details for field activity 2002-015-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): E. Robert Thieler

Affiliate Investigator(s): Stan Riggs, ECU

Information Specialist(s): Erika Hammar-Klose

Data Type(s): Imagery: Photo, Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Boomer, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map back barrier estuary.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Wanchese, NC

End Port/Location: Hatteras, NC

Start Date: 2002-07-29

End Date: 2002-08-16

Equipment Used: Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R, Single channel hydrophone, GeoPulse uniboom, DGPS, Digital camera, HYPACK

Information to be Derived:

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:

Staff: David Foster, Erika Hammar-Klose, Barry Irwin, David Nichols, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:
Stan Riggs
ECU; Dave Mallinson
ECU

Notes: Note minor date change to accommodate the rental house schedule. 1st wk is N. Pamlico Sound. Rental in Nags Head runs 28 July - 4 Aug. Final 2 wks is S. Pamlico Sound. Rental in Frisco runs 3 Aug. - 17 Aug. Personnel list may change as schedules evolve.
Project = NC Regional Coastal Erosion Study, NC Regional Coastal Erosion Study

Location:

Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 35.95 South: 35 West: -76 East: -75.3

Platform(s):

photo of Rafael
Rafael

Publications

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.

Thieler, E.R, Foster, D.S., Himmelstoss, E.A., and Mallinson, D.J., 2014, Geologic framework of the northern North Carolina, USA inner continental shelf and its influence on coastal evolution: Marine Geology, Vol. 348, 2014, pp. 113-130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.11.011.

Portals/Viewers

Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
Knudsen echo sounder 320B/R --- Sub Bottom Profiler
bbc2002015_seismics (JPEG images of chirp seismic data from back-barrier Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbc2002015_shots (Chirp shotpoint navigation from USGS cruise 2002-015-FA from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbc2002015_tracklines (Chirp navigation tracklines from USGS cruise 2002-015-FA from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
bbb2002015_seismic_images (JPEG images of boomer seismic data from back-barrier Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbb2002015_shots (Boomer shotpoint navigation from USGS cruise 2002-015-FA from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbb2002015_tracklines (Boomer seismic navigation from USGS cruise 2002-015-FA from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
DGPS --- Navigation
Digital camera --- Photo
2002-015-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field activity operations)
HYPACK --- Navigation

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