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Field Activity Details for field activity 2004-006-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; Dave Mallinson, ECU

Information Specialist(s): Erika Hammar-Klose

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

Scientific Purpose/Goals: Conduct shallow-water seismics on Hatteras Flats, western Pamlico Sound and Core Sound.

Vehicle(s):

Start Port/Location: Ocracoke, NC

End Port/Location: Ocracoke, NC

Start Date: 2004-07-18

End Date: 2004-07-31

Equipment Used: GeoPulse uniboom, Single channel hydrophone, 3.5 kHz, Digital camera, DGPS

Information to be Derived: Sea floor map; seismic stratigraphy;

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Completed seismic surveys in study area.

Staff: Erika Hammar-Klose, Charles Worley

Affiliate Staff:
Stan Riggs
ECU (scientist); Dave Mallinson
ECU (scientist); Jim Watson
ECU (tech.)

Notes: Original Center People field contained: Chuck Worley (mar tech); Hammar-Klose (data proc).
Project = North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies, North Carolina Regional Coastal Erosion Studies

Location:

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

Boundaries
North: 35.29370698 South: 34.60332149 West: -76.60003072 East: -75.65918845

Platform(s):

photo of Beeliner
Beeliner

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
GeoPulse uniboom --- Boomer
Single channel hydrophone --- Air Gun / Water Gun
Boomer
Bubble Gun
Sparker
Sub Bottom Profiler
bbb2004006_seismic_images (JPEG images of boomer seismic data from back-barrier from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbb2004006_shots (Boomer shotpoint navigation from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
bbb2004006_tracklines (Boomer seismic tracklines from Pamlico Sound, North Carolina)
3.5 kHz --- Sub Bottom Profiler
Digital camera --- Photo
2004-006-FA-PH-001 (Deck photos of field activity operations)
DGPS --- Navigation

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