Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Karynna Calderon
Originator: Shawn V. Dadisman
Originator: Jack L. Kindinger
Originator: James G. Flocks
Originator: Dana S. Wiese
Publication_Date: 2005
Title:
Archive of Digital Boomer Seismic Reflection Data Collected During USGS Cruise 94CCT02, South-Central South Carolina Coastal Region, August 1994
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Seismic Reflection Profile Section
Series_Information:
Series_Name: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series
Issue_Identification: 147
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Online_Linkage: https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2005/147/
Description:
Abstract:
In August of 1994, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Coastal Carolina University, conducted marine geophysical surveys in numerous water bodies adjacent to the south-central South Carolina coastal region. Data were collected aboard the MS Coastal in the Ashley, North Edisto, Wadmalaw, Dawho, South Edisto, and Ashepoo Rivers; the Wappoo, North, Steamboat, Bohicket, and Toogoodoo Creeks; Charleston Harbor; Wadmalaw Sound; Fenwick Cut; and the Atlantic Ocean from offshore Isle of Palms to Kiawah Island. This report serves as an archive of unprocessed digital boomer seismic reflection data, trackline maps, navigation files, GIS information, observers' logbooks, Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs, and FGDC metadata. Filtered and gained digital images of the seismic profiles are also provided.
The archived trace data are in standard Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) SEG-Y format (Barry and others, 1975) and may be downloaded and processed with commercial or public domain software such as Seismic Unix (SU). Example SU processing scripts and USGS software for viewing the SEG-Y files (Zihlman, 1992) are also provided.
For more information on the seismic surveys see
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/c/c294sr/html/c-2-94-sr.meta.html
These data are also available via GeoMapApp (
http://www.geomapapp.org/) and Virtual Ocean (
http://www.virtualocean.org/) earth science exploration and visualization applications.
Purpose:
The data archived here were collected in cooperation with Coastal Carolina University as part of the USGS Coastal Change and Transport (CCT) Project.
Supplemental_Information:
The USGS Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) - Coastal and Watershed Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida, assigns a unique identifier to each cruise or field activity. For example, 94CCT02 tells us the data were collected in 1994 for the Coastal Change and Transport (CCT) Project and the data were collected during the second field activity for that project in that calendar year. Refer to <
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/infobank/programs/html/definition/activity.html> for a detailed description of the method used to assign the cruise ID. The boomer is an acoustic energy source that consists of capacitors charged to a high voltage and discharged through a transducer in the water. The transducer is towed on a sled at the sea surface and when discharged emits a short acoustic pulse, or shot, that propagates through the water and sediment column. The acoustic energy is reflected at density boundaries (such as the seafloor or sediment layers beneath the seafloor), detected by a receiver, and recorded by a PC-based seismic acquisition system. This process is repeated at timed intervals (e.g., 0.25 s) and recorded for specific intervals of time (e.g., 125 ms). In this way, a two-dimensional vertical image of the shallow geologic structure beneath the ship track is produced. A Huntec power supply provided 60-375 joules per shot. Reflected energy was received by an Innovative Transducers, Inc. (ITI) ST-5 streamer and recorded by Triton Elics International, Inc. (TEI) Delph Seismic acquisition software. The streamer contains ten hydrophones evenly spaced over a length of 6 m. Refer to the observers' logbooks included in this archive (Data Series 147) for diagrams and descriptions of acquisition geometry, which changed several times throughout the cruise. The sample frequency of the data was 12 kHz. Record length was 80-124 ms. The shot rate was every 0.25 s. Shot spacing varied and should be calculated for each line of interest. The unprocessed seismic data are stored in SEG-Y, integer, Motorola format, which is a standard digital format that can be read and manipulated by most seismic processing software packages (Barry and others, 1975). The SEG-Y formatted trace files have a .TRA extension. Additional recording parameters for each trace file can also be found in the .PAR file associated with each .TRA file. However, the .PAR and .PLN files included here are only needed to process or display the data with TEI Delph Seismic software. Also provided are example Seismic Unix scripts that allow the user to strip off navigation fixes from the SEG-Y headers, along with a fix for every 500 shots, and produce a filtered and gained GIF image of each profile.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19940809
Ending_Date: 19940819
Currentness_Reference: Data collection interval
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.421363
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.759880
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.780265
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.483093
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Metadata Identifier
Theme_Keyword: USGS:892addb9-b0ae-4c7b-8efe-a6562846c02b
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: marine seismic reflection
Theme_Keyword: boomer
Theme_Keyword: SEG-Y
Theme_Keyword: 94CCT02
Theme_Keyword: Coastal Change and Transport
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Data Categories for Marine Planning
Theme_Keyword: distributions
Theme_Keyword: substrate
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) Keywords
Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection
Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: USGS Thesaurus
Theme_Keyword: seismic reflection methods
Theme_Keyword: sub-bottom profiling
Theme_Keyword: marine geophysics
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: South Carolina
Place_Keyword: Intracoastal Waterway
Place_Keyword: Wappoo Creek
Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
Place_Keyword: Ashley River
Place_Keyword: Charleston Harbor
Place_Keyword: North Edisto River
Place_Keyword: Wadmalaw River
Place_Keyword: Wadmalaw Sound
Place_Keyword: Dawho River
Place_Keyword: North Creek
Place_Keyword: Steamboat Creek
Place_Keyword: Bohicket Creek
Place_Keyword: Toogoodoo Creek
Place_Keyword: South Edisto River
Place_Keyword: Fenwick Cut
Place_Keyword: Ashepoo River
Access_Constraints: None. These data are held in the public domain.
Use_Constraints:
The U.S. Geological Survey requests to be acknowledged as the originator of the data in future products or derivative research.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Jack L. Kindinger
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
Contact_Position: Oceanographer
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: 600 4th Street South
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (727) 803-8747, ext. 3018
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jkindinger@usgs.gov
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Trackline map of all digital boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:350,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area A (refer to Area A of the full survey area map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:160,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area A1 (refer to Area A1 of the Area A map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:60,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area A2 (refer to Area A2 of the Area A map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:60,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area A3 (refer to Area A3 of the Area A map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:60,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area A4 (refer to Area A4 of the Area A map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:60,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area B (refer to Area B of the full survey area map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:160,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area B4 (refer to Area B4 of the Area B map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:60,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area B5 (refer to Area B5 of the Area B map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:60,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Trackline map of digital boomer seismic reflection data collected in Area B6 (refer to Area B6 of the Area B map) during USGS Cruise 94CCT02. This map was created at a scale of 1:60,000. Refer to the Lineage section below for the trackline map creation process.
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Data_Set_Credit:
Funding and/or support for this study were provided by the USGS Office of Energy and Marine Geology and Coastal Carolina University. This document was improved by the reviews of N.T. Edgar and R.A. Morton of the USGS in St. Petersburg, Florida.