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): William J. Cleary, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Information Specialist(s):
Data Type(s): Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology, Imagery: Video, Location-Elevation: Navigation
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Shoreface coring operations and surface sediment sampling using SCUBA.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC
End Port/Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC
Start Date: 1991-09-16
End Date: 1991-09-20
Equipment Used: Gravity corer, Grab sampler, Video camera - deep sea, Percussion core, Motorola Mini-Ranger III, Loran-C
Information to be Derived: Grain size analysis;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: SCUBA at all stations. Percussion cores: 23; Push cores: 10; Grab samples: 31; Surface grab samples: 18; Subsurface grab samples: 9; Video observations: 28 (4? tapes).
Staff: David Nichols, E. Robert Thieler
Affiliate Staff:
William J. Cleary - Ch. Sci.
UNCW; Andrew Shepard - Sci. Dir./Diver
NURC; Glenn Taylor - Divemaster
NURC
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Rob Thieler - Asst. Sci., USGS/Duke U.; Dave Nichols - ET/Navigation.
Location:
Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 34.23135856 | South: 34.17349647 | West: -77.80174255 | East: -77.71719626 |
Platform(s):
Elusive |
| Title | Survey Equipment | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cruise report | (document not focused on specific equipment) | Chief Scientist's cruise report including personnel, purpose, equipment, tabulated information, station and sample log for each station, map of station locations. |
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravity corer | --- | Geology | |
| Grab sampler | --- | Biology Geology | |
| Video camera - deep sea | --- | Video | |
| Percussion core | --- | Geology | |
| Motorola Mini-Ranger III | --- | Navigation | |
| Loran-C | --- | Navigation | 1991-031-FA-LN-001-01 (Loran C navigation files recorded during each sampling station.) |
