Other ID: none
Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Funding Program(s):
Principal Investigator(s): Walter Barnhardt
Affiliate Investigator(s):
Information Specialist(s): Seth Ackerman
Data Type(s): Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Multibeam, Sonar: Sound Velocity
Scientific Purpose/Goals: To collect geologic framework information from inner shelf and inlet (where possible) for coastal-change studies
Vehicle(s):
Start Port/Location: Bass River, NJ
End Port/Location: Bass River, NJ
Start Date: 2018-05-29
End Date: 2018-06-15
Equipment Used: AML MVP30, Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i, Reson T20-P
Information to be Derived: surficial geology, stratigraphy, Holocene sed thickness, depth to transgressive UC, etc
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: High-resolution geophysical mapping of the sea floor in Little Egg Inlet and along the southern end of Long Beach Island near Beach Haven, NJ was conducted from May 31 to June 10, 2018 as part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey and Stockton University. The goal of these mapping surveys was to provide high-quality data needed to build scientific knowledge of the evolution and behavior of the New Jersey barrier island system. Multibeam bathymetry and backscatter data were collected along 741 kilometers of tracklines (~200 square kilometers) of the coastal sea floor to regionally define its depth and morphology, as well as the character and distribution of sea-floor sediments. Approximately 690 kilometers of seismic-reflection profile data were also collected to define the thickness and structure of sediment deposits in the inlet and offshore.
Staff: Walter Barnhardt, Alexander Nichols, Charles Worley, Seth Ackerman
Affiliate Staff:
Notes: Funding project is LQ00-GHY2000. Work on shelf will likely reqire a larger vessel than Rafael -- one possibility is the RV Arabella (Rutgers). USGS funding is firm. Potential reimbursable $$ from USFWS *might* expand the scope of mapping.
Location:
Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey, United States, Atlantic Ocean
| Boundaries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| North: 39.57076366 | South: 39.37411809 | West: -74.47769165 | East: -74.18930054 |
Platform(s):
 R/V Petrel - Stockton University |
Ackerman, S.D., Barnhardt, W.A., Worley, C.R., Nichols, A.R., Baldwin, W.E., and Evert, S., 2021, High-resolution geophysical and geological data collected in Little Egg Inlet and offshore the southern end of Long Beach Island, NJ, during USGS Field Activities 2018-001-FA and 2018-049-FA: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9C3J33K .
| Survey Equipment | Survey Info | Data Type(s) | Data Collected |
|---|---|---|---|
| AML MVP30 | --- | Sound Velocity | 2018-001-FA_MVP_data (Sound velocity profile data from an AML Oceanographic MVP30 collected in Little Egg Inlet and offshore the southern end of Long Beach Island, NJ, during USGS Field Activity 2018-001-FA (PNG images, CSV text, ASVP text, and point shapefile, GCS WGS 84)) |
| Edgetech chirp subbottom profiler 512i | --- | Sub Bottom Profiler | 2018-001-FA_SB512i (Chirp seismic reflection data from the Edgetech 512i collected in Little Egg Inlet and offshore the southern end of Long Beach Island, NJ, during USGS field activity 2018-001-FA (shotpoints point shapefile, survey trackline shapefile, PNG profile images, and SEG-Y trace data)) |
| Reson T20-P | --- | Multibeam Water column reflectivity | 2018-001-FA_T20P_Bathymetry_4m_NAVD88 (Multibeam bathymetric data collected in Little Egg Inlet and offshore the southern end of Long Beach Island, NJ, during USGS Field Activity 2018-001-FA, using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (32-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 18N, NAD 83, NAVD 88 Vertical Datum, 4-m resolution)) 2018-001-FA_T20P_Tracklines (Multibeam Echosounder, Reson T-20P tracklines collected in Little Egg Inlet and offshore the southern end of Long Beach Island, NJ, during USGS Field Activity 2018-001-FA (Esri polyline shapefile, GCS WGS 84)) 2018-001-FA_T20P_Backscatter_2m.tfw (Multibeam backscatter data collected in Little Egg Inlet and offshore the southern end of Long Beach Island, NJ, during USGS Field Activity 2018-001-FA, using a dual-head Reson T20-P multibeam echosounder (8-bit GeoTIFF, UTM Zone 18N, WGS 84, 2 meter resolution)) |
