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Field Activity Details for field activity 2004-003-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):

Information Specialist(s): Erika Hammar-Klose

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Sonar: Interferometric, Sonar: Multibeam, Seismics: Boomer, Sampling: Geology, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Sidescan

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Map inner shelf.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Atlantic Beach, NC

End Port/Location: Atlantic Beach, NC

Start Date: 2004-06-16

End Date: 2004-07-09

Equipment Used: DGPS, Boomer, Van Veen grab sampler, Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i, Klein 3000, HYPACK, SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz

Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis; Shoreline Erosion; Sea floor map; Bathymetric maps; Morphology;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Mapped sea floor in Raleigh Bay and at Wrightsville Beach. Obtained 29 grab samples in Raleigh Bay.

Staff: Emile Bergeron, William Danforth, Emily Himmelstoss, E. Robert Thieler, Erika Hammar-Klose, Edward Sweeney

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Robert Thieler, Ch Sci; William Danforth, Mar. Tech; Emile Bergeron, Mar. Tech; Erika Hammar-Klose, Data Proc; Emily Himmelstoss, Data Proc; Edward Sweeney, Data Proc.
Project = North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies, North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies
Information from Foghorn: acquisition and processing vans, Submetrix, boomer, DGPS, HYPACK, Van Veen sampler (not Teflon), spare small sampler, blue sampler winch, EdgeTech 512i, Klein 3000;

Location:

Raleigh Bay, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;

Boundaries
North: 35.03148 South: 34.52078 West: -76.52184 East: -75.911

Platform(s):

photo of Megan T Miller
Megan T Miller

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
DGPS --- Navigation
Boomer --- Boomer
Van Veen grab sampler --- Geology
2004-003-FA-SC-001 (grab samples)
Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i --- Sub Bottom Profiler
isc2004003_seismic_images (JPEG images of chirp seismic data from inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina)
isc2004003_shots (Chirp shotpoint navigation along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina)
isc2004003_tracklines (Chirp navigation tracklines along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina)
Klein 3000 --- Sidescan
iss2004003_trackline (idescan sonar navigation along the inner continental shelf of northern North Carolina)
HYPACK --- Navigation
SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz --- Interferometric

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