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Field Activity Details for field activity 2021-326-FA

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Other ID: none

Status: Completed

Organization(s): USGS, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

Funding Program(s): Coastal Sediment Availability and Flux - CSAF (GX.24.MN00.M0Y60.00)

Principal Investigator(s): Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Investigator(s): Ian Conery, USACE

Information Specialist(s): Arnell Forde, Nancy DeWitt, Andrew Farmer

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation, Seismics: Sub Bottom Profiler, Sonar: Single Beam

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To measure the coevolution of the morphology and geology of the shoreface before and after a storm and during recovery.

Vehicle(s): Ford F-350 Dually White (GSA)

Start Port/Location: Duck, NC

End Port/Location: Duck, NC

Start Date: 2021-06-14

End Date: 2021-06-23

Equipment Used: GPS , Chirp 512i, ODOM-Echotrac CV-100

Information to be Derived: Sub-seafloor geology, shoreface profile morphology

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Collected 44 sub-bottom profiles (SBP), 25 single-beam bathymetry lines, and 9 sound velocity profiles (SVP).

Staff: Andrew Farmer, Jennifer Miselis

Affiliate Staff:

Notes: Second seismic survey occurred December 3-10, 2021.

Location:

USACE Field Research Facility, Duck, NC, Atlantic Ocean

Boundaries
North: 36.1897445 South: 36.18115225 West: -75.75854301 East: -75.73851597

Platform(s):


Other
photo of USACE LARC-5
USACE LARC-5

Publications

Over, J.R., Sherwood, C.R., Hegermiller, C.A., 2021, USGS DUNEX Operations on the Outer Banks: URL: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/woods-hole-coastal-and-marine-science-center/science/usgs-dunex-operations-outer-banks.

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Data Acquired

Survey EquipmentSurvey InfoData Type(s)Data Collected
GPS --- Navigation
Chirp 512i --- Sub Bottom Profiler
ODOM-Echotrac CV-100 --- Single Beam

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