Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): William Schwab
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): William Danforth
Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam, Sonar: Sidescan, Seismics: Boomer, Sonar: Interferometric
Scientific Purpose/Goals: High-resolution mapping of the surface and shallow sub-bottom geology in the nearshore environment.
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Wrightsville Beach, NC
End Port/Location: Charleston, SC
Start Date: 1999-10-29
End Date: 1999-11-12
Equipment Used: SIS1000 Chirp Sonar, Single channel hydrophone, GeoPulse uniboom, SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz, Echosounder, 3.5 kHz, DGPS, SIS1000 Sidescan sonar
Information to be Derived:
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered:
Staff: William Danforth, Jane Denny, Jenna Hill, Thomas O'Brien, Kenneth F. Parolski, William Schwab
Affiliate Staff:
Shawn Dadisman (Data Processing); Paul Byham (Submetrix
Inc. Field Technician)
Notes: Original Center People field contained: Bill Schwab (PI), Bill Danforth (Marine Technology), Jenna Hill (Data Processing), Shawn Dadisman (Data Processing), Tom O'Brien (Marine Technology), Ken Parolski (Marine Technology), Jane Denny (Data Processing).
Project = South Carolina Coastal Erosion, South Carolina Coastal Erosion
Information from Foghorn: SIS-1000 sea-floor mapping system, GeoPulse boomer, fathometer, 3.5 kHz sub-bottom profiler, DGPS navigation, geophysical acquisition van, data processing van;
Selected a generic single channel hydrophone for the streamer.
Location:
northern South Carolina, United States, North America, North Atlantic;
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 33.80882019 | South: 33.41068221 | West: -79.11743758 | East: -78.63358581 |
Platform(s):
 Atlantic Surveyor |
Baldwin, W.E., Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Gayes, P.T., Morton, R., and Driscoll, N.W., 2007, Geologic framework studies of South Carolina’s Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay, 1999–2003: Geospatial Data Release: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1346, DVD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051346.
Baldwin, W.E., Morton, R.A., Denny, J.F., Dadisman, S.V., Schwab, W.C., Gayes, P.T., and Driscoll, N.W., 2004, Maps showing the stratigraphic framework of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River to Winyah Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1013, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20041013.
Barnhardt, W.A. (ed.), 2009, Coastal change along the shore of northeastern South Carolina—the South Carolina coastal erosion study: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1339, 77 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/cir1339.
Denny, J.F., Baldwin, W.E., Schwab, W.C., Gayes, P.T., Morton, R., and Driscoll, N.W., 2007, Morphology and texture of modern sediments on the inner shelf of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1345, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20051345.
Denny, J.F., Schwab, W.C., Baldwin, W.E., Barnhardt, W.A., Gayes, P.T., Morton, R.A., Warner, J.C., Driscoll, N.W., and Voulgaris, G., 2013, Holocene sediment distribution on the Long Bay Inner Continental Shelf, between Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay-- Implications to the regional sediment budget and shoreline response: Continental Shelf Research, vol. 56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.02.004.
Hill, J.C., Schwab, W.C., Dadisman, S.V., Danforth, W.W., Denny, J.F., O'Brien, T.F., and Parolski, K.F., 2000, Archive of boomer subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise ATSV 99044, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29 October - 12 November, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-153, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr00153.
Hill, J.C., Schwab, W.C., Dadisman, S.V., Danforth, W.W., Denny, J.F., O'Brien, T.F., and Parolski, K.F., 2000, Archive of chirp data collection during USGS Cruise ATSV 99044, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 29 October - 12 November, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr0040.
Roberts, C.S., Hammar-Klose, E.S., and Schwab, W.C., 2002, Archive of sidescan-sonar data and DGPS navigation data, collected during USGS cruise ATSV99044, South Carolina coast, 29 October - 14 November, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2002-103, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr02103.
Barnhardt, W.A. (ed.), 2009, Coastal change along the shore of northeastern South Carolina—the South Carolina coastal erosion study: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1206, URL: https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081206.
FAN 1999-044-FA has data viewable in the GeoMappApp/Virtual Ocean applications. To view this data in these applications go to http://www.geomapapp.org/ and http://www.virtualocean.org/. See the instructions for locating USGS data in these applications. You can also view the imagery created from the SEGY data at https://cmgds.marine.usgs.gov/images.php?cruise=1999-044-FA.
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIS1000 Chirp Sonar | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 1999-044-FA-SE-001 (CHIRP Subbottom Seismic Data - SEG-Y data files for Lines 1-121, plus tie lines 1-28.) 1999-044-FA Chirp seismic data (Lines 1-121, plus tie lines 1-28.) |
| Single channel hydrophone | --- | Air Gun / Water Gun Boomer Bubble Gun Sparker Sub Bottom Profiler | 1999-044-FA-SE-002 (Boomer seismic data) Boomer seismic data |
| GeoPulse uniboom | --- | Boomer | |
| SEA SWATHplus-M 234 kHz | --- | Interferometric | |
| Echosounder | --- | Single Beam | Bathymetry GIS data |
| 3.5 kHz | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | |
| DGPS | --- | Navigation | 1999-044-FA-LN-001 (Shotpoint Navigation Data (txt files) GPS navigation data.) Nav data |
| SIS1000 Sidescan sonar | --- | Sidescan | Sidescan mosaic |
